19 March 2012
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Secret memo, on the management of the campaign in recent weeks
Dear friends, It goes without saying that the following note is secret and must not leave your four offices…
13 March 2012
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For a Eurofederation
Jacques Attali, Simone Harari et Benoît Thieulin ont lancé à la Maison de l’Europe de Paris une pétition “Pour une Eurofédération solidaire et démocratique”. Le Cercle des Européens y était. La pétition est en ligne sur www.eurofederation.eu
12 March 2012
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For or against « Kony 2012 »?
A video is currently experiencing a tremendous success over the Internet, revealing many dimensions of our modernity. An American NGO, “Invisible Children”, has posted on March 5, a film about thirty minutes, which denounces Joseph Kony, Ugandan warlord, leader of The Lord’s Resistance Army…
5 March 2012
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Money and Human Development
In these exclusive interviews we speak to Prof. Jacques Attali and Dr. Tilman Ehrbeck (CEO of the World Bank’s Consultative Group to Assist the Poor ‐ CGAP). We discuss the state of financial inclusion globally and look deeper into how microfinance, technology and other instruments are working to eradicate poverty and bring opportunity to billions worldwide.
5 March 2012
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The moment of truth
Francois Hollande’s 75 percent tax rate proposal for those with annual income of more than EUR 1 million is both totally impractical and extremely useful.
27 February 2012
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Hail the artist!
The French have a special relationship with cinema, which they invented: they see a lot of theatrical releases (over 200 million visitors in 2011); they produce a very great number of them (over 200 in 2011); they export them; they come from everywhere to shoot in France; and it is in France that the world’s largest film festival is held, which is also the world’s number one market.
21 February 2012
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For François Hollande
So, now is the time of the main French political choice.
13 February 2012
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Alea ACTA est
While European political circles continue to fight over an increasingly vanishing power, in the face of increasingly powerful markets, the only EU institution that can still influence reality, the Central Bank, is not under the control of any democratic institutions, for lack of a federal government of the eurozone.
12 February 2012
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Jacques Attali : “La défense de la France en 2012 : objectifs, partenaires, moyens ?”
La France est, en ce début de décennie, largement considérée comme une grande puissance militaire. Elle en est toujours une, à maints égards : au-delà de sa force nucléaire et de son statut de membre permanent au Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU, elle dispose de la deuxième zone maritime au monde et d’une capacité de projection militaire mondiale.
