9 July 2012
1339 0
Calling a spade a spade
Like previous governments (except for, a very old one, that of Pierre Mauroy in 1981), the present government considers that it can neither pronounce the word discipline, nor let it pronounce by any member of its majority. It sees there the guilty admission of a desire to involve all the French people in the national recovery effort.
2 July 2012
1744 0
Demographic convergence
The difference in demography between France and Germany is a crucial factor in explaining what is at stake in the crisis of the euro.
25 June 2012
1326 0
Rethink the way we spend money
When the income of a person, family, company, association, university, hospital, or public authority stagnates or declines, the natural reaction of the person who has the handle on the purse strings is to refuse to cut spending, to try to do everything to increase his income
18 June 2012
1756 0
Seize the last opportunity
While the main heads of State and Government of the world are going to waste four days of their precious time trying to convince their public opinions that they can solve by vague press releases the problems of the world economy in Mexico, and those of the environment in Brazil, European leaders have really one last chance to decide of their destiny.
11 June 2012
2542 0
Un monde sur pilotis
It is a magical place, East of Myanmar (formerly Burma), 700 kilometers (434 miles) north of Yangon (formerly Rangoon) in the Shan mountains, close to China and Laos: Inle Lake. Its rescue is urgent, and it symbolizes the rescue of our planet.
4 June 2012
1605 0
L’Europe, en fin
Si l’union européenne continue pendant quelques mois à se défaire sous nos yeux, en suivant très exactement les scénarios les plus pessimistes, ici exposés depuis des années, elle n’existera bientôt plus.
28 May 2012
1558 0
After Afghanistan, Mali
The situation with regard to Mali is at the forefront of our preoccupations. This empire founded in the 13th century, the craddle of a thousand cultures, including that of the Dogon, is today a country split in two: in the South, a provisional government terrorized by soldiers walking up and down the streets, invading the national palaces and threatening passengers at airports.
24 May 2012
1989 0
Après le Sommet de Bruxelles, un plan, pour sauver les Européens
Privé de l’aide européenne et internationale, l’Etat grec pourrait faire défaut avant fin juin. Le risque principal, aujourd’hui, se situe au niveau des banques grecques : le risque de bank run massif est chaque jour, plus important. Il précipiterait l’effondrement du système bancaire grec dans son ensemble, déjà vacillant.
