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Europe : the fiscal challenge

The debate which took place during the last European economy ministers meeting about digital enterprises taxation has not found a conclusion, despite the European Commission support. International context was definitely not favorable. Most of these companies being American, a decision carried the risk to look like a riposte to Donald Trump protectionist moves when Europe was negotiating an exemption for the duties on aluminum and steel. It was useless to give the impression to outbid and to increase tensions when financial markets are nervous and fear the launch of a real trade war which would have negative consequences on growth ...

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France : a too weak and unbalaced growth

INSEE, the French statistical office, will publish at the beginning of next week its last estimation of French growth during the fourth quarter and will permit to have a clear vision of the economic achievements in 2017. The debate, regarding numbers, 1.9 or 2%, is fascinating commentators but doesn’t make a lot of sense since official statistics accuracy is not enough to make the difference. 2% looks better, on an optical point of view, than 1.9%. This result shows a clear improvement compared to the five years of stagnation France has bored between 2012 and 2016. The ...

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The fossil fuels revolution

Innovation generates passions. We cannot count the comments and the books which explain that artificial intelligence will transform our lives, for the best, according to some or for the worst according to others. Electric cars or autonomous vehicles will drive us to rethink about our moving modes. Smart-phones have changed our daily life. Internet is not anymore limited to professional activities and permanently accompanies us and wherever we go. But these passions or this interest are selective. The twin shale oil and gas revolutions have not been forecast by anybody, anyway in France. It is still denied in our country ...

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