The first round of the French presidential election has been less in accordance with polls and media forecasts than these ones are trying to convince us. Voter turnout remained high. As the population reaching the voting age is growing, the real number of electors who went to vote has also increased. Regarding young people, about whom we have been continuously told they were not motivated and they did not find in the current political proposals the answer to their expectations, their number was also on the rise. Next, Marine Le Pen score is inferior to what had been forecast. She ...

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Invalidating once more pessimistic forecasts made by observers, especially in France, Chinese economy had a good start in 2017. Growth rate reached 6.9% during the first quarter, significantly above the annual 6.5% target assigned by the government. It is not the only good news. The reversal of the American administration position is not less important. During his electoral campaign and before taking his new responsibilities, Donald Trump never missed the opportunity to denounce China negative role. He had promised to introduce heavy taxes on its exports to the United States and to condemn currency manipulations on the Yuan ...

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For a couple of days, the serial dramas about political scandals seem, at last, to have left the place to fundamental issues in the campaign for the presidential election which ends in less than a month. We should be happy with that. The positions taken about foreign policy and defense give a better view about the projects of the main candidates in these areas where, due to the Constitution, the head of the State is in the front line. But it is not the most important point because French people are expecting to know if the economic choices of the ...

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