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At a moment when France chooses as a Prime minister a former European Commissioner, the discontent against Brussels has never been so strong on the continent. It already occurred after the referendum in the United Kingdom the Brexit. The country is today paying the heavy consequences and the Labor new government tries to reopen discussions, if not to come back into the Union, at least to erase the most negative effects of this divorce. But the lesson has not been heard and in many countries the political formations openly criticizing the action of the European institutions have realized scores which ...
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When we mention the building sector, we immediately think about China which is going through a serious crisis which could have heavy financial consequences and affect growth. In France it is quite also worrying but with a different nature. Its effects on families contribute to the deep discontent which has leaded to elections results giving to extremist parties a place they had never reached in the past. Yet, in the public debate and inside party different proposals, housing only occupies a secondary position because the political class seems not to have perceived the extent of the problem and its economic ...
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The lack of majority at the French National Assembly risks to lead to a political impasse. Six weeks after the snap elections, France is still under a caretaker government. The president of the Republic starts from August 23th a succession of meetings with the representants of the different political parties in order to constitute a government but nothing allows to be sure that these meetings will result to the choice of a Prime Minister able to build a coalition which will make its laws adopted and in particular the 2025 finance bill which will express its new political choices. This ...
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After the publication of the Chinese growth during the 2nd quarter, and according to the consultation of the international medias or of the Chinese newspapers, we are worry or reinsured. The international press notes that the 1st estimation of the GDP growth (4.7% year on year) is in retreat compared to the 1st quarter one (5.3% year on year) and sees there a sign of an important slowing which is the consequence of the structural problems the country is confronted with. To the opposite, the Chinese Daily News is satisfied because growth during the 1 ...
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Le nouvel Etat-stratège
Le dernier livre d'Alain Boublil, le nouvel Etat-statège (Editions de l'Archipel) est paru le 5 février 2014.
Le livre apporte les réponses de son auteur à la question qui est, en France, au centre de tous les débats politiques: "Que peut-on attendre de l'Etat aujourd'hui ? " Et il formule plusieurs suggestions sur l'exercice du pouvoir tirées de son expérience passée auprès de François Mitterrand. Observateur de l'économie mondiale comme conseil des nombreuses grandes entreprises qui ont fait appel à lui, il trace un portrait de la France d'aujourd'hui bien moins pessimiste que ce que l'on entend parfois, à condition que chacun fasse preuve de lucidité sur ses propres comportements.
Les exigences ont certes été exacerbées par la crise. Mais y faire face est de plus en plus difficile car l'écart s'est creusé entre les attentes de chacun et la réduction des marges de manoeuvres publiques du fait des règles internationales, de l'endettement et des contraintes environnementales.
En dix chapitres, Alain Boublil dresse un bilan sans complaisances, prend la mesure des possibilités et des limites de l'Etat et il ouvre des voies nouvelles pour l'action publique. Il évoque le sauvetage de l'euro, le fardeau de la dette et le ras-le-bol fiscal, l'Etat-patron de Colbert à Jean-Marie Messier, le retour du complexe vis-à-vis de l'Allemagne et les nouveaux outils de l'Etat-stratège dans la mondialisation face aux défis industriels, aux enjeux de la transition énergétique, à la "dictature du CO2" et à la révolution du gaz de schiste. Et il met en garde contre les dérives de l'Etat-spectacle, qui gènent l'efficacité de l'action publique et les facilités de l'Etat-guichet qui débouchent sur le clientélisme.
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7/09/2024
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At a moment when France chooses as a Prime minister a former European Commissioner, the discontent against Brussels has never been so strong on the continent. It already occurred after the referendum in the United Kingdom the Brexit. The country is today paying the heavy consequences and the Labor new government tries to reopen discussions, if not to come back ...
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