The appalling tragedy in Niger (a very young man hit accidentally at the edge of happiness, with a friend who came to share with him this moment) is primarily a new opportunity to ponder the enigma of the human condition :
what is life worth if it can be reduced to that?
The publication by Wikileaks of a mass of diplomatic telegrams initially resulted in very revealing comments of the spirit of the times
What is happening in Korea is giving us the impression that a large-scale armed conflict cannot be excluded
Un G20 vient de se terminer sur de vagues promesses d’appliquer enfin quelques unes des décisions des précédents G20. Toutes restées lettre morte . En oubliant la plupart d’entre elles…
Les promesses d’aide et la mobilisation semblent déjà oubliées. Sans moyens considérables, Haïti s’enfoncera toujours plus dans la misère et les épidémies.
The next G20 summit in Seoul in the early days of November, is announced under the worst auspices. And the year of the French presidency which will follow is not more promising.
Everyone now knows the situation in Pakistan, which became catastrophic following the worst floods in 80 years: thousands dead, at least 20 million people, or one tenth of the population without shelter and more than six million without drinking water and without food
Once again, despite all the misleading statements? The G-20 meeting was
useless. The summit gathered in Canada was supposed to address two major
topics: the regulation of the financial system and the reduction of the
public debt.
