The Year 2026 Began in Paris With Exhaustion, Not Celebration
Paris on New Year 2026 did not feel like revolution. It felt like the precondition for it: exhaustion mixed with contempt, and a growing conviction that the centre cannot hold. From one Paris living room, a blunt forecast emerges: welfare promises collide with war spending, industry with energy reality, sovereignty with American dependence, and fear replaces consent as Europe’s governing tool.