Archives Jan. 1, 2024

The conclusion of an agreement between the different political formations claiming they belong to the left and the ecologist movements with the view of the coming parliamentary elections make us inevitably thinking to the Seventies alliances between the left parties and to the Common Program. They were going to lead to the François Mitterrand election 1981 May 10^th, followed by a large victory in the parliamentary elections some weeks later. A similar alliance in 1997 will allow the “plural left” to winning the parliamentary elections and to constraining Jacques Chirac to nominate Lionel Jospin Prime minister. The cohabitation ...

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The low share of the poll obtained by the presidential majority at the European Parlement elections and the decision taken by the president of the Republic to call snap legislative polls at the National Assembly carry the risk to sink France into a major political crisis and to worry financial markets. The prospect of a victory of the far-right parties which for years are criticizing the European Union, after having even proposed to exit from it and to abandon the euro, constitutes a real threat. In case of a lack of majority after these elections, it also opens the possibility ...

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The State visit of the French president in Berlin and in Dresden did not bring any concrete results but it occurred at the right time. It is not possible to have a strong Europe without a solid relationship between France and Germany. Yet the country is going to be confronted with major difficulties. It is essential it remains mobilized, despite the structural problems it is going to be confronted with, in order the European project goes stronger and has the capacity to cope with a more and more instable international environment.

The German economy has known a recession in 2023 ...

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