In a private meeting discussing the students' and workers' demands for direct participation in business and government he coined the phrase "La réforme oui, la chienlit non", which can be politely translated as 'reform yes, masquerade/chaos no.'
Na privatnom sastanku oko zahtjeva studenata i radnika za njihovo izravno sudjelovanje u vladi i biznisu, sastavio je frazu "La réforme oui, la chienlit non", koja se može prevesti kao "reforme da, maskarada/kaos ne".