The Silence Broken

In politics, silences are rarely innocent. They are pauses before the storm. And since last weekend, the storm is rumbling again. For weeks, Paul Bérenger had opted for a tone of ambiguity. Warnings without breaking ranks, criticisms without declaring war. "I am eating my own neck," he said again on Saturday. But on Sunday, in Côte-d’Or, the tone changed. The scene is almost symbolic: facing a security agent of the Prime Minister, the leader ...