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The Rencontres d'Aix is a great success every year, as evidenced by the growing number of participants to the point that it is beginning to be described as a "little summer Davos". This success stems from several factors. First of all, there is a perfect organization. Each session starts and ends on time and the speakers have a good handle on the speaking time assigned to them. Then there is the diversity of the speakers who come from the five continents and who have or have had various responsibilities, in politics, in business or in the academic world. Finally ...
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The heat wave that is hitting Europe and France in particular is a manifestation of the climate change that is affecting the planet. It is becoming more and more difficult, even if other violent events have occurred in the past, such as in France during the summer of 2003, to contest the role of the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. But the reactions to the current crisis show the great confusion that exists between what needs to be done to curb this accumulation and the measures to be taken to mitigate its consequences in a country.
The accumulation ...
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The downward revisions to French growth in 2026 by INSEE (0.7%) and the Banque de France (0.5%) are justified by the deterioration in the international environment since the outbreak of the war in the Middle East. The rise in oil prices has weighed on household purchasing power and corporate margins. Uncertainties about the world economy have prompted economic agents to be more cautious and therefore to reduce spending and recruitment. The lull after the conclusion of a program of talks between the United States and Iran has allowed oil prices to fall but has not removed concerns.
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The European Central Bank's decision to raise its base rates by 25 points has drawn a lot of criticism. It justified it by the persistence of an inflation level above 3% in the euro zone, well above the 2% threshold that it has set itself as a target, in accordance with its status. But this inflation comes in a context of economic stagnation and not at a time when excess demand in Europe is at the origin of price increases.
A debate of the same intensity exists on the other side of the Atlantic, but in a completely different ...
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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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7/07/2026
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The Rencontres d'Aix is a great success every year, as evidenced by the growing number of participants to the point that it is beginning to be described as a "little summer Davos". This success stems from several factors. First of all, there is a perfect organization. Each session starts and ends on time and the speakers have a good ...
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