The story of the Transport Minister Bertrand Saint-Jean and his principal private secretary. The latter wakes the former in the middle of the night to tell him that a coach has left the road in an accident. “How many fatalities? Any children? Let’s go. We have no choice.” Thus begins the odyssey of a statesman in an increasingly complex and hostile world. Fast pace, power struggles, chaos, economic crisis… Everything connects and conflicts. One emergency quickly follows another. How is democracy doing? It’s shaky but still standing, on the move and still on track…