Reinventing the French People
French President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to obtain a majority in the National Assembly was a resounding success. But there is more to it than that: 57% of French voters – a record high – abstained during the second round of the parliamentary election.
PARIS – “It is accomplished…” In the years when I listened to music nonstop, the passage marked by those words was for me one of the most intriguing in Bach’s St. John Passion.