INSEE has just published its first estimate of the growth figures of the French economy in the 1st quarter of 2026, i.e. 0%. Comments about this stagnation do not seem to have understood the nature of the problem. Just because we went from +0.2% in the 4th quarter of 2025 to 0% does not mean that there is a new fact. The imprecision of the numbers after the decimal point should be taken into account. Secondly, a comparison is made between the crisis in the Middle East and the results of the 1st quarter. In reality, this very ...