The French have a word for pressing on to the bitter end without considering the consequences: jusqu’au-boutisme (to the end-ism) . It’s a refusal to recognise when you have lost; a refusal also to recognise when you’ve won. The gilets jaunes (yellow vest) movement, which has shaken French democracy […]

Cliquez ici pour lire la suite The gilets jaunes have cowed Macron. But for them, that’s just the start