Fighting for freedom in the opinion battle.
Gustave Flaubert described himself as an “enraged liberal.” This is what liberals should be: outraged by corporations that stifle entrepreneurs, angered by close-mindedness, against a state that spies on its own citizens, and rejecting the undermining of democratic debate by almighty executive power. The opinion battle is at the core of all political victories.
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Gustave Flaubert described himself as an “enraged liberal.” This is what liberals should be: outraged by corporations that stifle entrepreneurs, angered by close-mindedness, against a state that spies on its own citizens, and rejecting the undermining of democratic debate by almighty executive power. The opinion battle is at the core of all political victories.
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Ideas need to be found and brought to the spotlight. Our role is to identify them ahead of the public debate.
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Identifying competent people, offering them an adequate working environment and allowing them access to the neccessary ressources. We are fully committed.
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Once the idea is developed and formalised as a concrete public policy proposal, the think tank's work of influencing opinion begins.
Christophe SELTZER
Christophe is the managing director of GenerationLibre. He holds a political strategy degree from ISMaPP and started his career working for political parties and the French public administration. He was long the leader of the "Les Affranchis - Students for Liberty" movement in France.
Christophe SELTZER
Sacha BENHAMOU
Sacha est le responsable de la communication et des relations institutionnelles de GenerationLibre. Avocat de formation, Sacha a été collaborateur parlementaire puis Directeur conseil dans une agence de consultant affaires publiques. Il est aujourd’hui à la tête de Lumen Influence.
Sacha BENHAMOU
Vincent DELHOMME
Vincent is a research fellow at GenerationLibre and supervises Mapping of confined freedoms during the Covid-19 crisis. A graduate from Sciences Po Paris and the College of Europe, where he currently works as a teaching and research assistant, he is engaged in doctoral studies in EU law at the Catholic University of Louvain. His research focuses on economic regulation and public health.
Vincent DELHOMME
isabelle LANDREAU
Lawyer at the Paris Bar and doctor in law, I. Landreau practices in the law field of intellectual property and new technologies. She assists her clients in the protection and enhancement of their intangible creations and also practices as a lawyer-mediator in intellectual property.
isabelle LANDREAU
Laetitia STRAUCH-BONART
Laetitia Strauch-Bonart est rédactrice en chef chez L’Express, elle y dirige les pages Idées/Débats. Elle est l’auteure de nombreux essais et dirige une collection chez Perrin/Presses de la cité. Elle s’intéresse à la politique, aux questions de société et aux sciences cognitives.
Laetitia STRAUCH-BONART
Monique CANTO-SPERBER
Présidente de GenerationLibre, Monique Canto-Sperber a pris le relais de Gaspard Koenig. Philosophe, ancienne directrice de l'ENS (Ulm) et première présidente de Paris Sciences Lettres, elle est directrice de recherche au CNRS, membre du conseil national d'éthique, auteure de La fin des libertés (Robert Laffont).
Monique CANTO-SPERBER
Monique CANTO-SPERBER
Présidente de GenerationLibre, Monique Canto-Sperber a pris le relais de Gaspard Koenig. Philosophe, ancienne directrice de l'ENS (Ulm) et première présidente de Paris Sciences Lettres, elle est directrice de recherche au CNRS, membre du conseil national d'éthique, auteure de La fin des libertés (Robert Laffont).
Monique CANTO-SPERBER
Claire CHARTIER
Journaliste et éditorialiste, Claire Chartier a longtemps travaillé à l'Express, où elle a dirigé le service société puis Idées et débats. Elle a rejoint en février 2023 le magazine Pèlerin, comme rédactrice en chef. Elle a récemment publié "Le viol, enquête sur un fléau social", aux éditions de l'Observatoire.
Claire CHARTIER
Frédéric GUIMBAL
Gaspard is the president and founder of GenerationLibre. He studied at Columbia and the Ecole Normale Supérieure to become a philosopher. He worked in the staff of Christine Lagarde when she was French economy minister, and then moved to London when he was hired by the EBRD. He is the author of a dozen of books.
Frédéric GUIMBAL
Laura-Maï GAVERIAUX
Laura-Maï is an international correspondent for both the French and Anglo-Saxon press. She studied political and analytical philosophy at the Sorbonne before working as a teacher in the French public education system, which she left to become an adventurer. Her first book, Sales Guerres, was published in 2018.
Laura-Maï GAVERIAUX
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This essay from Gaspard Koenig looks at liberalism from three key angles of French history : the French Revolution, the Vichy years and the digital revolution.
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