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Heritage remains a combustible subject in France, an endless battlefield between the ancients and the moderns. The debate around the future spire of Notre-Dame attests to this. A man embodies this so French passion: Stéphane Bern. For a five-year term, thanks to his closeness to the Macron couple, the TV host, a fan of crowned heads, has become “the essential Mr. Heritage”. Adored by a rural France that feels neglected, icon of the fight against wind turbines, dredged up by politicians on all sides, he is credited with an influence that L’Express wanted to assess.