If you'd like to print out this page, click the Print button above. Alternatively, you may click the printer icon on your browser's toolbar, or choose File>Print from the menu.     Training France’s Leaders The key to political power in Fifth Republic France is not even mentioned in its constitution. Former students of the ENA (Ecole nationale d’administration—National School of Administration) has produced the lions’ share of the most important political leaders and corporate executives over the last forty years, including the two leading contenders for the presidency in 2002—Jacques Chirac and Lionel Jospin. So, go the ENA’s home page at http://www.ena.fr/ (find the English version if you don’t read French) and take a tour of the place. Then, read the scathing assessment of the school written by an obscure American political analyst, Lew Rockwell, at http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/france.html. 1. Why doesn’t the United States (or your own country if you are not from the U.S.) have a school like the ENA and what difference does that make for the way political life is managed? 2. Do you agree with Rockwell and, more generally, how does your assessment of his article affect the interpretation you have of French politics?