The publication of the results of the EY survey on the number of foreign investments made in Europe, which placed France in the lead, as well as the announcements relating to the amount of foreign projects on the national territory on the occasion of the "Choose France" event, could suggest that the re-industrialization process is on the right track. The country is now on a trajectory that will allow it to regain its growth and its internal and external balances thanks to the economic policy followed for more than ten years to support companies by promoting supply.

The reality is ...

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The systematic criticism of French successes is unjustified and must be denounced. But this should not prevent us from making a judgement on the current situation, on the mistakes made so far and the risks they represent. The publication of the first estimate of growth in the 1st quarter provides an opportunity to do so. With an increase of 0.1% after a drop of the same amount in the previous quarter, the French economy has been stagnating for six months, but this analysis is misleading.

This modest increase in GDP comes from an increase in inventories held by companies ...

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At a time when Parliament is debating a text on the country's energy sovereignty, highlighting the security of supply, the competitiveness of production tools and their contribution to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, it is becoming clear that it is electricity that has played an essential role in the country's prosperity by meeting these requirements. But this is not new.

Nearly a century ago, the painter Raoul Dufy had produced, for the 1937 Universal Exhibition, on the order of the organizers, a set of a hundred paintings which, together, described the appearance of electricity in civilization. Portraits ...

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