J’ai beau me frotter les yeux, je n’arrive pas y croire. Publié ce matin, le dernier « Insee Première » – celui de janvier 2025 – remet en cause toutes mes représentations, ébranle toutes mes certitudes. Son titre ? « Les classes populaires et moyennes sont redevenues majoritaires à Paris ».…J’ai beau me frotter les yeux, je n’arrive pas y croire. Publié ce matin, le dernier « Insee Première » – celui de janvier 2025 – remet en cause toutes mes représentations, ébranle toutes mes certitudes. Son titre ? « Les classes populaires et moyennes sont redevenues majoritaires à Paris ».WW…

I live in a country that has to deploy its army to defend the schools of some citizens, who are Jewish, from potential attacks by other citizens, who are anti-Semites. I live in a country that has sacrificed the idea of the common good while fanning the flames of sectarian conflict – a country where communities live side-by-side, yet alongside one another, despite continuous appeals to the values of a “single and indivisible ­République Française”. I live in a country where a powerless ­president observes that multiculturalism has failed, and that suburban and rural communities...…I live in a country that has to deploy its army to defend the schools of some citizens, who are Jewish, from potential attacks by other citizens, who are anti-Semites. I live in a country that has sacrificed the idea of the common good while fanning the flames of sectarian conflict – a country where communities live side-by-side, yet alongside one another, despite continuous appeals to the values of a “single and indivisible ­République Française”. I live in a country where a powerless ­president observes that multiculturalism has failed, and that suburban and rural communities...WW…