Gaspard Koenig

Gaspard Koenig is President of GenerationLibre. This article was originally published in November 2016.

Articles

Economics

François Fillon: The man bringing Thatcher to France

Over the Christmas week, CapX is republishing its favourite pieces from the past year. You can find the full list here.   It came as no little surprise when, three years ago, François Fillon accepted my invitation to participate in the Margaret Thatcher Conference on Liberty, organised by Britain’s Centre for Policy Studies. Needless to […]

Economics

François Fillon: The man bringing Thatcher to France

It came as no little surprise when, three years ago, François Fillon accepted my invitation to participate in the Margaret Thatcher Conference on Liberty, organised by Britain’s Centre for Policy Studies. Needless to say, no other French politician even bothered to answer the invitations I hardly bothered to send out. In French political debate, “Thatcher” […]

Government

The convulsive making of the New France

France is usually better at revolutions than at evolutions. Does anyone remember a young and energetic French finance minister, with strong liberal values, who decided to take decisive action against the privileges, taxes and monopolies that were crippling his country? He wanted to give people “the right to work” by establishing a level playing-field for all. […]