By Louis Perez y Cid
July 14, 2026, may well go down in history as more than just a French national holiday.

The armies of the European Union member states marched down the Champs-Élysées, joined by several allied democracies. A rare sight. A powerful image. Even more so, an unusual image: that of a West capable of showing unity without the American presence.

Of course, no treaty was signed that day. No European federal state was born. Yet, symbols matter in politics. And some symbols sometimes herald changing times.

For behind this parade lies a question that Europeans have been avoiding for nearly eighty years: can Europe ensure its own security and its own destiny?

To understand what this July 14 reveals, we must revisit a historical paradox. For centuries, Europe was the center of the world. Its ships sailed the oceans. Its empires dominated several continents. Its universities produced knowledge. Its armies imposed the international balance of power. Its ideas, from democracy to the Industrial Revolution, shaped the future of humanity... Read more...

It was early afternoon. I was still reeling from the frustration of having repeatedly driven past a stretch of highway in front of this forest, which I suspected was strange. My curiosity was running wild; I couldn't resist any longer, I had to see it for myself…

So, on a beautiful sunny day, and with nothing planned in my retirement schedule, I decided to head towards this mysterious and alluring place, to explore it and, why not, get lost in it… Once there, I followed the small paths, crossed a few streams, and continued my unusual journey until I came to a bench, weathered by time, hidden in the shade of an old oak tree.

Sitting for a moment on this dilapidated bench, I thought it must have been there since time immemorial; its shape belonged to another era, the green paint covering it had peeled away in places, the iron frame was rusted, and the exposed wood had taken on a rather strange color. As I settled down, I felt the bench's legs sink slightly into the soft earth, and I carefully, without any sudden movements, took a camera out of my bag. The moment was magical; I couldn't leave this place without capturing its image... Read more...

By Christian Morisot

Regarding marriage for all, a hypothesis and a reflection…
Sylviane Agacinski, a philosophy professor, you know her? She is the wife of Lionel Jospin. She surprises us with a striking speech concerning “marriage for all.” Consider this…

“Before, two people married because of their desire to unite their families and procreate. In this respect, the two sexes are not interchangeable. Equality is not the same as identity… Gay marriage cannot establish parentage, and the two must be kept separate. Thus, being a father and a mother depends on sex, not sexual orientation.”

And what if… the real purpose of the law wasn’t the emancipation of homosexuals but rather the fulfillment of a hidden ideology? Let’s step through the doors of time together and travel back in time; let’s find ourselves about fifteen years after the Second World War, in the 1960s. It’s undeniable that the pill was an immediate success; it appeared as the means to control female fertility.

But at the same time, this pill and the IUD had another, underestimated effect: that of suppressing and “countering” the natural laws inherent to the human body. Women thus possessed a tool that eliminated the constraints of a body naturally designed to give life, thereby ensuring the perpetuation of the species, and finally allowed them unlimited autonomy.

As a moral consequence, half a century ago, contraception weakened the concept of couples, who no longer experienced the mutual support of bodies and minds. Indifference to the body's natural laws manifested itself, creating a form of equality between heterosexuals and homosexuals. This aspiration to be oneself against the life of one's body subsequently translated into the right to abortion, the ultimate freedom! Euthanasia, abortion, and homosexuality have always existed, but it was only in the wake of contraception that these practices became legally recognized. Read More...

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By Christian Morisot
I undoubtedly possess the great privilege of owning the complete collection of Balzac's works. One of the novels I recently read piqued my curiosity: "Voyage from Paris to Java."

Balzac never set foot outside of France, and yet his journey to Java is remarkable: "I confess that for a European, especially for a poet, no land could be as delightful as the island of Java! I will tell you about the things that were most vividly imprinted on my memory, but without order, according to my recollections!" (…)

Listening to Bengali songs, breathing in the scents of volcameria, running a half-dead hand through some Javanese hair, in the cool air, under a fiery sky, in the humid atmosphere that the Chinese know how to create by spreading long, wet rice straw mats before the windows of your tranquil palace… Read more...