I had set the date here for October 02 because, at that date, France’s 2015 budget was to be disclosed, and the bulk of the proposed reform measures necessary to ensure the country’s recovery were to be initiated.
Faced with images painted by countless media stories, there are several choices, including admiration, enthusiasm, indifference, consternation, indignation, anger and laughter.
When I hear a former President of the French Republic dare say, and have his lieutenants explain away, that only a major economic crisis made it impossible for him to achieve the reforms he was planning, I cannot help but to be very angry.
In relationships between people, as well as nations, humiliation can lead to senseless acts, inextinguishable wars…
For all those who might have an interest in the future of France, I invite you to join me here, on October 2…
As everybody knows, the French Parliament has too many civil servants and not enough private-sector workers…
The tide of the battle that is being played out for nearly two centuries between the economy and politics, between market forces and democracy, between capitalism and the state, is now turning in favor of the market, because it is global, to the detriment of democracy, locked within borders…
The battle of US authors and publishers against the online retailer Amazon may seem minor – in terms of the current world economic and geopolitical issues at stake – and far removed from the thoughts of all of us – because it seems to concern only the distribution of revenue sales from digital book sales in the USA.
Henri Queuille was not a politician with a poor record. Medical doctor, deputy for the Corrèze Department, resistance fighter and anti-Gaullist, served five times as Minister, especially as Minister of Agriculture, under the Third Republic and four times as President…
