The very heavy rains which recently happened in the South-East of France have been interpreted, as in every meteorological event, as being the consequence of climate warming. That has contributed to an increased mobilization in favor of environment. They have also been at the origin of power cuts which have, in some cases, last several days, heavily affecting the daily life of habitants. Two lessons can be got from these events.

There is first the night and day commitment of the teams, who are in charge of putting back in activity networks and taking care of their good working. It ...

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The announcement of a first cost overtaking regarding the two EPR being built in England at Hinkley Point and of a new delay of the putting into activity of the French one at Flamanville has incited the government to launch an audit about the choice of the nuclear reactor. This decision will be unavoidably interpreted as a defiance signal. It will not help the population support of new projects when French people benefit from the lowest electricity price in Europe and when France, thanks to this power production technique has one among the lowest level of greenhouse gas emission in ...

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Frankfurt Show will close its doors at the end of the week. It is organized every two years alternately with the Paris one and it will have been impacted by three events which testify about the crisis which is announcing in this key sector of the German economy and which will not stay confined in this country. The chairman of the German carmakers Association, VDA, has announced his resignation the day after the inauguration by Angela Merkel. Most of the foreign carmakers, to the exception of Honda and Ford, have decided not to participate to the Show, which is unprecedented ...

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