Two States, yes, but how?
Jean Dhondt, Lacroix-Saint-Ouen (Oise)
The two-state solution is, in fact, the best guarantee of lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinians. However, this would require dismantling the numerous Israeli settlements in the West Bank. When we remember the difficulty that the Israeli authorities had in evacuating the Gaza Strip in 2005, the evacuation of the West Bank seems to be a mission impossible. (Israel-Palestine: outside the perspective of two States, no salvation! by Frédéric EncelL’Express of May 16.)
Birth leave
Dominique Calmels, Millau (Aveyron)
Emmanuel Macron wants a “demographic rearmament”. Very good. However, nothing will be possible as long as women continue to have to shoulder the majority of household chores and, above all, as long as they are relegated to businesses after maternity. If nothing changes, they will continue to prioritize their professional life and will have few or no children. (Elisabeth Badinter: “If the decline in the birth rate continues at this rate…”L’Express of May 16.)
Stock market: thank you for your advice
Alain Rochat, Lyon (Rhône)
You are right to indicate that “you have to invest regularly and automatically”. Placing the same amount in hundredths of mutual funds is in fact mathematically very profitable because we buy few securities when they are expensive and more when they are cheap. This is true whether the Mutual Fund (FCP) is stable or slightly increasing. Concrete example: I have a PEA invested in French and European equity mutual funds. I invested 15,000 euros in January 2020 and have contributed 100 euros per month since then, for a total of 20,800 euros. Its value in April 2024 is 26,300 euros… So thank you for this article. Aurélie Fardeau must write even more often in your magazine! (The French succumb to ETFsL’Express of May 16.)
Savings to redirect
Michel Mondamy, Saint-Chamond (Loire)
French financial savings (nearly 6,000 billion) have for years been oriented towards interest rate products (nearly 4,000 billion) to the detriment of equity products (notably stocks). It is necessary to act to give savers the pride of participating in productive savings. (Choose France: under the red carpet, the pile of dustL’Express of May 16.)
What is Guillaume Meurice’s name?
Charles Kinski, Nantes (Loire-Atlantique)
We must face the facts: Guillaume Dieudonné Meurice’s strongly anti-Semitic jokes only had the effect of making him more popular. Since 2017 and especially 2022, France is still a country where a far-right and pro-Hamas party and activists can incite racial and anti-Semitic hatred every day. How is it possible that public radio stations participate in these incessant campaigns of incitement to hatred? It seems to me that asking the question is already answering it. Because we cannot dissociate the public media from the State to which they belong from the government which they serve. (Controversy Guillaume Meurice: leave Desproges alonein our ideas newsletter “Expressions”.)
Bardella, no. Mélenchon, yes?
Jacky Morelet, Clohars-Carnoët (Finistère)
I have just read your article “The true story of a cursed book”, a pseudo-melodrama worthy of Nickel Feet. However, I can’t help but wonder if France Info’s decision would have been so brutal if Jean-François Achilli’s interlocutor had not been Jordan Bardella, but Jean-Luc Mélenchon… (The true story of a cursed bookL’Express of May 16.)
On the origin of religions…
Dominique Henry, Halifax (Canada)
Jordan Bardella said: “Islam did not grow in the Normandy meadows.” Any man of good faith could add: “neither can Christianity.” (Jordan Bardella, manufacturing secretsL’Express of May 2.)
Responsible investments
Giving meaning to your savings is a desire shared by many individuals. But taking action is not necessarily easy and comes up against several fears: losing performance, being faced with greenwashing… However, in reality, there are very diverse ways to invest virtuously, that is to say ethical, sustainable, united or responsible, which can meet all expectations: from ISR funds to crowdfunding in renewable energies, including solidarity investments, life insurance and several real estate schemes. The industry is also in the process of structuring itself to demonstrate greater transparency and better accountability to savers. And thus remove the last doubts. Find our 28-page guide in our central notebook.