Former French Education minister and President of the "Laboratoire de la Republique" Jean-Michel Blanquer welcomes former French President and Socialistes et Apparentes' MP Francois Hollande (L) at the "Laboratoire de la Republique" (Republic's Laboratory) summer camp, in Sens, southeast of Paris, on August 29, 2026. (Photo by ROMEO BOETZLE / AFP via Getty Images)