At the eve of the publication of its 4^th quarter growth figures, France is confronted with a new major social crisis with the protests of the farmers against their professional life difficulties, the fall of their life level and the many constraints provoked by the State decisions. The reduction of the tax advantages on their fuels which are necessary to the working of their agricultural machines has started a large movement with the jamming of the road infrastructures, especially in the Paris region. In five years, it is the third crisis initiated by measures which show a lack of ...

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The priority given to environment in the public action is not disputable, even if individual behaviors as enterprises operating modes are also essential. But the difficulty rests in the frequent contradictions between political exigences and the technical realities. It then occurs that to answer politician considerations, the States take decisions in the name of the protection of the environment which lead to results contrary to the expected results due to an ignorance, unvoluntary or not, of the consequences of their action. That situation is not limited to France and we have observed similar cases in Germany and even in the ...

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The French growth last publications do not let us forecast a rebound enough for the government objectives regarding employment and the public finances recovery are met next year. During 2023 3^rd quarter, INSEE has revised downward the GDP evolution to -0.1% compared to its first estimation of +0.1%. The acquired growth for 2024 would only be 0.6%. Banque de France has also revised downward its forecast for 2024 to 0.8% against 0.9% in its previous publication. This figure is very inferior to the growth rate inscribed in the Finance bill for 2024, i.e ...

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