At a time when international tensions are rising and the need for a solid and united Europe has never been stronger, one country, Poland, closely affected by the threats resulting from these tensions, elects an openly Eurosceptic far-right president. A period of cohabitation began with the government of Donald Tusk, a convinced European and very committed to finding a solution to the Ukrainian crisis. The case of Poland is not isolated. The next day, the leader of the Dutch far-right party, Geert Wilders, left the coalition, forcing Prime Minister Schoof to resign and call elections. The coming to power of ...

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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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INSEE has given its first estimate of inflation for the month of February. Over one year, prices increased by 0.8% and by 0.9% in harmonized European data. We have to go back to 2019 to find such a low level. The continued rise in the prices of services (+2.1%) was offset by the stability of the prices of food products (except fresh products with +1.8%), manufactured products and the fall in energy prices (-5.7%). The industrial and agricultural sectors seem to have priced in the consequences on their production costs of supply chain disruptions caused ...

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