Emmanuel Macron likes to consult the citizens. When he stood for the French Presidency for the first time in 2017, he proposed democratic conventions for a European debate in each member state (‘Revolution’, p. 240). To appease the Yellow Vests movement, he launched a ‘major national debate’ to run from January to March 2019. This was followed by a ‘national climate convention’, bringing together 150 citizens selected at random. These initiatives led to proposals that went down...