LOn March 26, INSEE revealed the size of the public deficit for 2023: 154 billion euros, or 5.5% of gross domestic product (GDP). Every year, the debt grows, and each new crisis jumps at him. Thus, the debt-to-GDP ratio increased from 69.7% to 84% between 2008 and 2009 after the subprime crisis, then from 97.9% […]
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2024 European elections: fevered and internally divided, environmentalists hope for a start
Marie Toussaint, head of the Les Ecologistes party list, in Paris, April 5, 2024. Miguel Medina / AFP On the morning of Thursday, April 11, in a cafe, Marine Tondelier, the first number of the environmentalist party, made a promise: in the face of hardship, facing a poll that slowly climbed the European list led […]
What do we know about the project of grouping the Public Broadcaster under the leadership of Rachida Dati
Is public broadcasting at the dawn of a new era? After coming to the Ministry of Culture in January, Rachida Dutt claims to be working “grouping of forces” The public audiovisual companies, namely France Télévisions, Radio France, France Médias Monde (FMM), the National Audiovisual Institute (INA) – Arte and TV5 Monde are separate from each […]
Europeans: Between LFI and PS, campaign marks return of ‘two lefts’
Raphael Glucksmann (centre), head of the PS and Place public list for the European elections, with Olivier Fauré (left) and Johanna Rolland (between two), mayor of Nantes, in Saint-Herblain (Loire-Atlantique), 13 April. 2024 year. Sebastien Salom-Gomis / AFP The weather was good in Nantes on Saturday, April 13. In the morning, the city’s Socialist (PS) […]
Guyana Autonomy: ‘Historic Moment’ to Recognize Indigenous Peoples and Reject Macron’s Proposal
Emmanuel Macron visits the village of Kamopi in Guyana on March 25, 2024. Ludovic Marin / AFP They arrived at the Territorial Collective of Guyana (CTG), Cayenne, dressed in the traditional costumes of the indigenous peoples of Guyana, to the sound of drums and cries of victory and left five hours later: Saturday, the customary […]
Julia Cage: “To get away from comprehensive analyzes of populism, we need to combine the lessons of political economy with the lessons of electoral studies.”
LAccordingly, the “populist” wave will return. Weakened democracies fall one after the other into “illiberalism”, prey to the distrust of a disaffected electorate. Commentators combine Argentina, the Netherlands and polls highlighting Donald Trump’s lead over Joe Biden; Forget the defeat of PiS in Poland and the new government deal sealed by the left in Spain. […]
“Economists must study the roots of environmental anger”
eIn 1952, Argentine President Juan Peron wrote to his newly elected Chilean counterpart: “My dear friend, give the people, especially the workers, everything that is possible. If you feel like you’re already giving too much, give them even more. We will try to scare you by raising the specter of economic collapse. But this is […]
According to INSEE data, France’s public debt has stabilized slightly at 3,000 billion euros
From July to September 2023, France’s debt rose by €41.3 billion to €3,088.2 billion and stabilized at 111.7% of gross domestic product (GDP), the same as in the previous quarter. , reports the National Institute of Statistics (Insee), Friday December. 22. The increase in the absolute value of the debt mainly follows the increase in […]
Israel-Hamas war: Twenty-nine MPs demand removal of Meyer Habib’s parliamentary immunity after controversial remarks
Words that don’t stop. Thirty-nine left-wing MPs from environmentalist, socialist and “rebel” groups sent a letter to National Assembly President Yael Braun-Pivet on Thursday, December 21, calling for their parliamentary immunity to be lifted. Colleague Meyer Habib, who sits in the Les Républicains group, for his comments in the House on the situation in Gaza. […]
‘Immigration’ law: ‘The narrowing of the law of the land is a return to the past’
The new law on immigration and asylum, which was adopted by the parliament on December 19, weakened the situation of foreigners in France, the right to asylum, deportation at the border, regulation of scarce professions, public medical assistance. But few debates have focused on the narrowing of land rights that the law entails. His vote […]