After the French president set the course of his action for the next five years and the Prime minister presented to the Parliament the main thrust of his economic policy, two questions need an answer: on which trend the French economy is today? Are considered actions appropriate to cope with the challenges the French economy is confronted?

During the 1^st quarter, growth estimation has been revised upward twice, from 0.3% to 0.5%. But in the INSEE calculus, the key element, volatile by definition, was the constitution of high inventories which hardly offset the negative contribution of foreign ...

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Each year, British Petroleum publishes statistics about energy production and consumption in every country. These statistics are an authority because of their accuracy and they allow us to confront political messages with reality in these highly important issues. The 2017 publication is especially interesting since it occurs in a troubled environment caused the retreat from the Paris Agreement decided by Donald Trump and just after the extension of the OPEC deal about the limitation of oil production by State members. The BP report brings elements of answers to these many questions which are on debate, especially in France.

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With the media whirl generated by Donald Trump tweets, England difficulties created by the consequences of its choice in favor of Brexit and the fall in love of the world opinion with the new French president, the actuality relative to China has been relegated in the middle distance. The sovereign debt notation downgrade by Moody’s has had no consequences and the numerous foreign visits of its leaders most of the time followed by the signature of major projects financed by Beijing didn’t attract more attention. At the end of this month, in Dalian, a major harbor located at ...

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