7 August 2011
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All ruined in ten months?
Markets leave no respite to the peoples as long as politicians do not act as statesmen.
4 August 2011
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During the summer holidays, History goes on
We would like to take advantage of a summer post to take a break and neither talk about the comedy of public debts in Europe nor the near bankruptcy of the United States, nor the endless war in Libya, nor the horrific massacres in Syria, nor the merciless famine in Somalia, in Ethiopia and elsewhere, nor the radioactive leaks still very disturbing in the Fukushima power plant…
31 July 2011
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American cohabitation
American democracy, they say, is an ideal model. And since Tocqueville (who admired it, while detecting the risk of seeing it one day slip into dictatorship), few have ventured to criticize its constitutional principles. Each saw in particular a nearly perfect separation of powers in the interest of the country.
25 July 2011
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The Norwegian lesson
The terrible Norwegian massacre, may appear as a terrible incident, isolated act of a mentally ill person, with no more importance than Unabomber, the American killer that inspired him. It can, however, be interpreted as the announcement of a vast geopolitical movement expected for a long time and anticipated by many theorists.
18 July 2011
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Democracy, how many divisions?
Strange irony: 2012 will be for many democracies, starting with ours, a very important election year. And in all other countries subject to dictatorships, peoples are yearning for free elections. The whole of humanity thus seems to take control of its destiny.
11 July 2011
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France in July
France is so beautiful in July! The most beautiful country in the world, no doubt.
4 July 2011
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Greece, Poland and us
While the Greek crisis seems to move away, the arrival, in the rotating presidency of the European Union, of Poland, sends back to the close and mysterious relationship between money and defense in all human history.
27 June 2011
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What qualities for a president?
Candidacy season for the presidential elections is open. For both left and right parties. For now, we have failed to see emerge the real reasons behind these nominations, but personal ambitions, or so-called edication to the national cause. And for the moment, we are in the midst of a school-boys’ quarrel.
19 June 2011
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Hadopi – living off one’s art
Hadopi, the High Authority in charge of fighting music downloading on the Internet, made illegal by the law that created it, has just presented an advertising campaign of great magnitude.
