The announcement of the downward revision of the French growth forecast for 2026 by the Ministry of Finance, reduced to 0.4% from 0.7% initially estimated, is not a surprise. The Bank of France had already reduced its to 0.6% in August. But the very negative comments that accompanied it are excessive and the European comparisons unwelcome. In an increasingly difficult international context, including a sharp rise in oil and natural gas prices and a summer marked by a real climate catastrophe, France will escape recession. Germany, after being plunged into it for two years, is barely out ...

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Political news in France is focused on the preparation of the 2027 budget, in the run-up to the next presidential election and in a context where the general rise in interest rates is affecting public finances already degraded by heavy debt. The stabilization of the deficit at around 5% of GDP in 2026 is not a given due to an unstable international environment that weighs on growth and new spending required by the consequences of the weather events that occurred this summer. 

If we put aside the project of cancelling part of the debt that would make France look like ...

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No one knows if the French team will win the World Cup. But what is a given is national pride in its results so far and the admiration it arouses in the press around the world. It goes far beyond the performances of a few stars or the cohesion of the team. It is the quality of the entire organization that is saluted. Its leader is not only a coach but the leader of a group that brings together the players and all those around them and who contribute to their technical performance and provide them with the environment essential ...

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