Macron Takes On the Harvard of France

French President Emmanuel Macron so wants to quell the “Yellow Vest” protests and boost his popularity that he’s ready to sacrifice his own alma mater.

The National School of Administration, an elite postgraduate institution known by its French initials of ENA, has trained thousands of top French government and business leaders. It’s also a longtime target of critics on the right and left who call it a factory for brainy bureaucrats out of touch with the real world—a jab often aimed at Macron himself.