Recent student protests in France, echoed in other European countries, have left me with an uncomfortable question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Overcrowded classrooms. Crumbling school buildings. Missing teachers. Young people increasingly worried about their future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Their concerns deserve to be heard. Violence is never the answer, but neither is ignoring the frustration behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of course, these immediate problems must be addressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But is repairing yesterday<\/a>‘s infrastructure enough to give the next generation confidence in tomorrow<\/a>?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What about the world these young people will enter in 10, 20 or 30 years?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Artificial intelligence will transform jobs and entire industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Climate change will require technologies, investments and solutions we have barely begun to develop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Energy, healthcare, mobility and industrial competitiveness will all be reinvented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And yet, our public debate seems increasingly dominated by the next crisis, the next budget, the next election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We need to invest in both the present and the future.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n