“We need a Putin”: These young French people who dream of authoritarian power

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"In France, we need a Putin," says Thibault. He has a calm voice, sensible glasses, and, beneath his Ralph Lauren T-shirt, toned shoulders. "Putin knew how to make the right choices for his country, and without alienating the oligarchs, that's strong. He has a dictatorial side, it's true, but is that really a problem? Personally, if a good guy takes power in France, I'm OK with him staying for fifteen or twenty years. That way, he wouldn't be able to say he couldn't do anything, that he didn't have the time... There, zero excuses."