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?
Looking at the way, 2011 begins, in Europe, we could easily be depressed: unemployment is rising everywhere, even in Germany, where it is hidden by subsidies and misleading statistics; an unprecedented crisis of confidence in institutions; a presidency of the Union entrusted, without any protest, to a government that openly violates freedom of the press and artists.
Rien n’est plus stupéfiant, en apparence, que l’euphorie qui s’empare de tous les marchés boursiers en cette fin d’année. La plupart des analystes sont d’accord pour dire que la crise financière est finie, que les marchés financiers sont sous-évalués…
2010 will remain, in the West, as the year of the ostrich.
Globalization has caused a fundamental imbalance between the model of international governance established at the end of World War II and the markets, freed by globalization, and having acquired a completely disproportionate economic nuisance compared to that of States. It is, in this crisis, the fate of Europe which is at stake.
For the fourth time since 1870, Germany domestic policy is at the heart of a serious crisis threatening the stability of Europe. For the fourth time, the reaction of the other Europeans, no matter if they oppose or adhere to Berlin’s diktat, could trigger a disaster.
L’impatience est le privilège des forts. Cela doit devenir l’inverse.Les plus pauvres, par nature, sont contraints d’être patients, c’est a dire, au sens propre, de souffrir ; et au sens figuré, de ne pas attendre de résultats rapides de leurs efforts…
