The publishing of the 1^st estimation of French growth during the 2^nd quarter, which has been confirmed one month later, has created a nice surprise. The 0.5% GDP increase has by large overpassed the forecasts which rather saw it around 0.2%, which would have just erased the diminution observed during the first quarter. The acquired growth for 2022 is now 2.5%, which means that if the economy is stagnating during the second half of the year, it is this number which will the rate for the full year, which would put France in a good ...

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The currents events which are hurting France, the huge fires in Gironde and the extreme temperatures observed in the Western part of the country, unavoidably are reviving the worries about the evolution of the climate due to the greenhouse gas emissions. But if the linking can be useful to mobilize economic agents and families and to make adopted the appropriate measures, that must not delude people. From all the time and in every country inhabitants have had to face natural catastrophes. In the Landes forests, not far from the current affected zones, it was during a long time talked about ...

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It is frequently said we must not be guided by fear. But is it a good manner to govern to frighten the people of your country? In a few days, we have just had two declarations of high public officials about the dangers for the public finances the increase of interest rates and  inflation represent on the charges generated by the country indebtedness. They included catastrophic numbers without any link with reality. The non-expressed objective was, of course, to make a pressure on the opinion in order to stop to be in favor of wages and social benefits increases to ...

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