Like the oldest societies, ours has its myths. And among these myths, one of the most important, although it is not recognized as such, is from a very special film genre, westerns, before being included in the screenplay of a large number of films. According to this myth, the hero is almost at his worse until the arrival of a saviour: the cavalry coming to save the stagecoach.
L’avenir du Grand Paris et de la France se jouent à l’exacte croisée de la mer et de la capitale. L’histoire le montre : aucune métropole ne peut véritablement atteindre une échelle mondiale sans dimension maritime, et les villes-monde d’hier et de demain glissent toutes vers leurs ports…
While EU leaders were scattered, some in pathetically futile election debates , others in non-emergency travel to the new Chinese master, the markets (which we were all quite happy to use, for years, to borrow from to maintain a lifestyle which our work did not justify any more) began to hold us accountable.
Pendant que les agences de notation continuent d’oser donner leur avis sur une crise qu’elles ont contribué à provoquer par leur laxisme, pendant que les dirigeants européens continuent de tout faire pour ne rien prêter à la Grèce, tout en prétendant le contraire, pour garder leurs ultimes ressources pour leurs propres banquiers, pendant que la crise financière avance à grands pas…
The Greek situation and the debate on the burqa seem a priori irrelevant. And yet, both refer to a serious disease affecting more and more the modern State, and in particular the French government: unable to enforce the standards it…
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Professor, writer, Honorary Member of the Council of State, Special Adviser to the President of the Republic from 1981 to 1991, founder and first President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London from 1991 to 1993, Jacques…
