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For a Positive 2019

Society

It is not difficult to envision what could make 2019 a catastrophic year, whether it be in our personal lives or collectively for everyone. The global economy, which sits on debt pyramids, could collapse and plunge into a recession that…

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Capital, labor and the world

Society

Today’s debates remind us of the obvious: if we want to quickly relieve the poorest out of their misery and reduce inequalities, which are on the rise today on a global scale, the only way is to take money from…

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Is virtuosity a necessary attribute of art?

Art et Culture

Today, virtuosity is not a required attribute for an artist. It was a different situation a century and a half ago. Nonetheless, whether from a painter or a sculptor, we accept approximation, awkwardness and hesitation. To be noted, classical music…

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What each of us must do

Society

Of course, it is up to the President of the Republic to express himself and say what he intends to ask the government and Parliament to do in order to reconcile France. And much of it, perhaps the most essential…

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Where is the Left?

Society

Today, the tragic situation in France has many causes. And many are responsible for it. In today’s government, as well as those of yesterday, which neither had been able to take full measure of the considerable distress and anger of…

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Is art an element of European identity?

Art et Culture

To those who doubt the relevance of the European project today, we can provide countless answers such as: Europeans are stronger together economically than they would be if they were to be divided. Similarly, Europeans would be stronger militarily, if…

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Extreme Urgency and Possible

Geopolitics, Society

When I happen to be simultaneously confronted with two seemingly unrelated problems, I begin by examining whether, by chance, one could be the solution for the other. And it works, more often than we think. This is particularly the case…

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Positive Thinking

Society

In today’s world, mostly everyone, whether yellow* or golden vests, cares only about themselves; each person thinks that everything is owed to him, that all vital things must be provided to him free of charge, that no one can deprive…

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Art, from one end of Europe to the other

Art et Culture

As we end the commemoration that marked one of the worst and stupidest barbaric acts in human history, whereby millions of people killed each other in the name of illusory differences, it is, nonetheless, not pointless to remember that Art,…

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