Tag: policy
Olivier Dussopt, Emmanuel Macron’s very busy “mule”
“Did you call me ‘the mule’, or ‘the bubble’? No, because I must admit that when it comes to choosing, I’d rather be a mule.” At the other end of…
Pension reform, LR unit: Eric Ciotti, long-awaited first steps
Nearly twenty years, Eric Ciotti exercised a dream job. Presiding over the UMP in 2003 was the promise of a bright future. The party occupied power by simple pendulum effect…
the government presents its new defense policy
The Congolese government has unveiled its defense policy in a strategic document. This plan should allow the rise in power of the armed forces struggling with dozens of armed groups,…
After a Supreme Court decision, the United States is torn apart over migration policy
Abortion, weapons, global warming… And now, migration policy? This Tuesday, December 27, the Supreme Court of the United States announced the maintenance of a controversial anti-immigration measure, against the opinion…
Léon Blum, the one the left should not have neglected
Who remembers Leon Blum? Yes, the man of the Popular Front, of the forty-hour week and paid holidays. The man with the drooping mustaches, with his big hat and his…
Sandrine Rousseau: why she did not say her last word
Leaning in the dining car of a TGV heading west, a Europe Ecologie – Les Verts executive sips his hot tea with difficulty while taking bets. We are at the…
A historic year in Danish defense policy – these three things changed
COPENHAGEN The year 2022 has also been historic in Denmark’s defense policy and citizens’ attitudes. The researchers from the Danish International Research Institute DIIS interviewed by mention three significant things…
ECB member: The policy rate must be raised
She downplays the risk of the ECB taking in too much and thus making the economic downturn unnecessarily deep and long-lasting. “Real interest rates are still very low,” says Schnabel…
End of the year “horribilis” for rebellious France
She thought she could prepare calmly for the “mother of battles” which is announced at the beginning of 2023, the pension reform. But France Insoumise again entered a zone of…
Pensions, 49.3, SNCF strikes… Elisabeth Borne, the moment of truth
Make no mistake about it: chance has nothing to do with it, she did everything to be at Matignon. But the circumstances wanted to add their two cents: she almost…