Above all, do not decide anything - Survival manual in a political environment (With corrected practical exercises), by Pierre CONESA

"I don't know of any problems that a sufficiently prolonged absence of a response has not ended up solving", Henri Queuille, Chairman of the Board.

The supreme art in politics? Not deciding anything while giving the illusion of action. PRACTICAL TIPS FOR STAYING IN POWER - Defer the emergency - Get around obstacles - Don't get angry with anyone - Subsidizing without reforming - Create complexity - Consult higher commissions Teaching the ultimate art of not making a decision by leaving a trace in history, such is the purpose of this little book which provides turnkey techniques and practical advice to our leaders. The reader will be able to train with tutorials (pre-written tracts, multipurpose surveys, clichés and platitudes ready for any speech) and play the game of non-decision with his friends. In politics ridicule does not kill, only reform is lethal. IMPERTINENCE PRIZE 2013 .

About the Author: Pierre Conesa

Pierre Conesa, a history graduate and former student of the ENA, was a member of the Strategic Thinking Committee of the Ministry of Defence. A teacher at Sciences-Po, he writes regularly for Le Monde diplomatique and various international relations journals. He is notably the author of Guide du Paradis: comparative advertising of the beyond (L'Aube, 2004 and 2006), of The Mechanics of chaos: bushism, proliferation and terrorism (L'Aube, 2007) and of La Fabrication de the enemy (Robert Laffont, collection “Le Monde comme il va”, 2011).