The publication of the French economy figures for 2016, even if some are provisional, permits to draw up an evaluation of the economic policy followed during the last five years and to compare its results with the initial objectives. Its purpose, through a supply-side oriented policy was to increase enterprises profit margins to give them the possibility to put the French economy back on a sufficient growth path to reduce unemployment. In the same time, the government had to rebalance public finance to comply with European criteria. François Hollande had announced he will fulfill commitments inscribed in the European ...

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To make a fortune in real estate doesn’t necessarily constitute a good training to understand the present world and to be prepared to the tomorrow outside world. Such is the lesson we can learn from the declarations and the first decisions of Donald Trump and his team. His personal ideas regarding women or religion are arousing in his country and outside a strong reproof. They correspond to the choice of a minority of Americans but, to put them into practice, the new president will have to compromise with the very efficient check and balance principles which are the characteristic ...

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The debate about the project of closing Fessenheim nuclear plant, which is not motivated by any security concern since its operation is authorized until 2022, is very sharp because of the 2 200 layoffs which will result of its closure. It is much more than in Florange for instance and it leads us to question about the consequences of the Ecologists economic choices on employment. This project was a François Hollande commitment precisely to get their support during the last presidential election. The same demand had been formulated, on the other side of the Rhine, by the Bade-Würtemberger ...

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