WorldcrunchStefano Lepri, born in Florence in 1950, has a degree in philosophy and has been a professional journalist since 1977. He has written for La Stampa since 1981. He has covered national and international economic policy, macroeconomics, monetary policy, and global governance.
France may look like a paradise from the outside, with free education, early retirement, and working healthcare, yet its people protest as if trapped in hell. President Emmanuel Macron’s failed middle path and Europe’s fragile currency expose a deeper malaise shaking the continent.