HomeInstitut Montaigne features a platform of Expressions dedicated to debate and current affairs. The platform provides a space for decryption and dialogue to encourage discussion and the emergence of new voices.01/07/2022Seeing Double International affairs Europe FrancePrintShareThe 2022 French presidential campaign highlighted the centralized nature of a vertical presidential power system. Power concentration in the hands of a single individual exacerbates partisan divisions and institutional distrust. Can co-leadership foster unity and heal a wounded democracy? Blanche Leridon, Institut Montaigne’s Editorial Director, spearheaded this series on political power-sharing to find answers. From the US to Spain, without forgetting India or Russia, our articles take a look into emblematic leadership duos that emerged.08/11/2022Seeing Double: Reflections on France Blanche Leridon Editorial Director and Resident Fellow - Democracy and Governance 07/28/2022"First in a village or second at Rome?" Spanish presidents versus regional ... Benoît Pellistrandi Historian, member of the Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid 07/11/2022Germany's Getting-to-Power Couple: Robert Habeck and Annalena Baerbock Roderick Kefferpütz Senior Political Analyst and Freelance Writer 07/27/2022The Bennett-Lapid Duo: a Short-Lived Union Samy Cohen Research Professor Emiritus 07/27/2022The Mattarella-Draghi Italian Duo Marc Lazar Senior Fellow - Italy, Democracy and Populism 07/06/2022Vice President, Almost President? Amy Greene American politics specialist and Adjunct Professor at Sciences Po 07/05/2022Kinship to Daggers Drawn: Tony Blair and Gordon Brown Colm Murphy Past & Present Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research