To make a fortune in real estate doesn’t necessarily constitute a good training to understand the present world and to be prepared to the tomorrow outside world. Such is the lesson we can learn from the declarations and the first decisions of Donald Trump and his team. His personal ideas regarding women or religion are arousing in his country and outside a strong reproof. They correspond to the choice of a minority of Americans but, to put them into practice, the new president will have to compromise with the very efficient check and balance principles which are the characteristic ...

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The ups and downs which have marked the final negotiations about the trade treaty between European Union and Canada (CETA) are full of lessons about those which will open with the United Kingdom about Brexit. The last-minute agreement reached between Belgian provinces to permit their country to ratify the treaty currently discussed in Brussels does not change anything to the questions this affair has rose regarding European procedures related to negotiations between the Union and third countries and their approvals. Commission has received by delegation, a full mandate to negotiate. But regarding approval, it is either the Council of ministers ...

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Two weeks after its referendum on Brexit, the United Kingdom is confronted to a political crisis especially serious since it was completely unexpected. Referendum result was uncertain and polls have fluctuated all along the campaign. As it occurs frequently, they were wrong. The last days, they gave the “Remain” option as a winner, maybe due to the emotion generated by the assassination of the Labor M.P. Jo Cox. Bookmakers and investors shared on the same opinion. European stocks markets fall reflected the brutal reversal of speculative positions from those who had lost their bets. But, worst had yet to ...

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