Tag: Chol
French aid at a discount, by Eric Chol – L’Express
“France will rise to the challenge of development aid!” assured President Macron, shortly after his first election, during a speech to students at the University of Ouagadougou, in Burkina Faso.…
a very deprived French cicada, by Eric Chol – L’Express
When the time has come, the time has come, said Raymond Barre. The man whom Valéry Giscard d’Estaing nicknamed “the best economist in France” was obliged, just one month after…
France must continue to invest in AI, by Eric Chol – L’Express
When we think of artificial intelligence, we think of the Pope in a down jacket, this famous photo generated by Midjourney a year ago, which has since made the rounds…
France, the dunce of Europe, by Eric Chol – L’Express
“When we want to bury a problem, we create a commission” said Clemenceau. Taken to the extreme in recent years, this mania ended up taking its toll: Gabriel Attal promised…
the UN, a broken thing, by Eric Chol – L’Express
It wouldn’t be the UN, we could laugh about it. The theme chosen for the last session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York, was “Restoring confidence and…
beware of peasant unease, by Eric Chol – L’Express
Exit the Minister of Housing. Exit Transport. Two priority portfolios in the eyes of the French, but (temporary) victims of a tightened government, pending possible future appointments. In the new…
France: declassification is happening now, by Eric Chol
“We must take the context into account,” replied the bosses of three prestigious American universities, the better to refrain from explaining themselves about this wave of anti-Semitism which has ravaged…
stop the losing machine, by Eric Chol – L’Express
“Educational inequality is the greatest obstacle that the creation of truly democratic morals can encounter,” said Jules Ferry*, who must be turning in his grave after reading the latest results…
the policeman of the world is back, by Eric Chol – L’Express
Shortly after his election in 2020, Joe Biden promised his allies that America would change its face, after four years of Trumpian diplomacy as impulsive as it was erratic. Yet…
L’Express, the newspaper of today that tells you about tomorrow, by Eric Chol – L’Express
In the cinema, Yves Montant triumphs in The Wages of Fear. Eight years after the end of the war, the French of 1953 lived modestly, ignored unemployment, had (many) children…