2013, a year without elections in France, started with a bang: a welcome agreement on job market reform, some high-risk military operations in Africa, where the destiny of France is decided, and protests against same-sex marriage…
Gerard Depardieu is my friend. It has been so for over twenty-five years. And he will always be my friend. No matter what he says, or what he does. This is my idea of friendship: irreversible, it cannot be bargained over…
It is just much easier to forecast good news than bad ones; for good news occurs rarely by chance and is most often the result of long efforts; even if in general we cannot give any indication as to the date of their occurrence. It is generally known well in advance when a fortunate development will occur…
Dans ce monde troublé, où chacun a besoin d’un cap, la France est, plus que beaucoup d’autres pays, en mal d’elle-même. Qu’est-elle ? Une nation en déclin ? Une province d’Europe ? Que veut-elle devenir ? Un musée ? Une grande puissance ?..
In order to understand where a nation is going, economic projections are generally used, those of the GDP essentially, and much uncertainty exists as to its likely value. Many other parameters will tell more about the future of a country than just virtual statistics…
There is no democracy normally constituted, in which politicians would make false promises to workers employed in companies with no future; and yet this is the case, all too often, in France; particularly with Florange…
Before threatening to nationalize private firms, politicians should start by nationalizing the state; that is to say to subordinate it to the vested interests of the Nation and not to their political and media ambitions…
