8 April 2013
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Coming out on top
Each country, clearly, looks at the world from the top of its bell-tower. And the landscape of France, at the moment, seen from this perspective, is not particularly exciting…
Each country, clearly, looks at the world from the top of its bell-tower. And the landscape of France, at the moment, seen from this perspective, is not particularly exciting…
The case of Cyprus reminds us of a simple principle: in an area under the rule of law, there is no room for a community that does not comply with it. And as we cannot accept an area where rights are not respected in Marseille, likewise we cannot accept it in Cyprus either…
One day, it will become necessary to thank the media and the Anglo-Saxon politicians, at the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century, for having talked so much about the euro crisis and the European integration difficulties…
There is a very fashionable scenario in Paris at the moment: why reform? The global financial crisis is almost over; the world is at the end of an economic cycle; growth will return soon everywhere and especially in the West; first in the United States and then in Europe…
Here’s a riddle: in what country are the richest 1% paying 41% of all the income taxes and where the richest 5% are paying more than 65%?
It’s about time in France, to prepare for the upcoming double shock of the banking crisis and the crisis of public finances. It is coming. It will be there soon. And no one gives a serious thought about the scenario of the worst-case; as if it was sufficient, to avert it, not to think about it.
