Energy is a strategic sector for the economic life as well as for the independence of a country. The State, all over the world, intervenes to ensure the security of supplies and to ensure that companies and households have access to them at prices that do not affect their competitiveness and protect their purchasing power. The sector is also essential for the environment. The production and consumption of the various forms of energy must limit as much as possible the release of particles that are harmful to the health of the inhabitants living in the vicinity as well as the ...

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The main reason put forward by the rating agency Fitch when it reduced France's rating from AA- to A+, was the country's political instability at a time when it was facing a deterioration in its public finances. The very alarmist speeches of the previous government, probably made to get unpopular measures accepted, could not leave the agency indifferent. But the A+ rating remains a good level and the financial markets have understood this since the CAC 40 ended up 0.9% today and the Agence France-Trésor issued nearly 8 billion euros of Treasury Bills (BTF) without difficulty ...

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The Prime Minister based his strategy on clarifying France's economic situation. He is seeking, through a vote of confidence in the National Assembly, the approval of his analysis before formalizing and adopting in the framework of the next budget the measures he intends to take to remedy the country's difficulties, first and foremost its excessive debt. So far, this method has not garnered sufficient support from political organizations and it is highly likely that it will be denied confidence. France will enter a new period of political instability.

The situation of public finances is a major issue but ...

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