Since 2010, many events that seemed to be improbable at the time have actually come to fruition! We have experienced events such as the creation and collapse of the Islamic Caliphate in Iraq and Syria, the election of a real…
A priori, nothing makes more sense than the point retirement system proposed by the French government, and taken up, among other sources, from the proposals of the commission I chaired twelve years ago: it aims to take note of the…
As a terribly disappointing year draws to a close, many people around the world have a feeling that the coming year could be much worse. In 2019, the world failed to solve the problems that we have faced for many…
One of the reasons for the success of the yellow vests can be attributed to the fact that they stood independently of any apparatus, in particular trade unions, and succeeded because of this, in building a relatively homogeneous movement, around…
When, in a country, purchasing power is threatened, political leaders, like citizens, forget their beautiful ecological resolutions. This is what the ”yellow vest” crisis in France had shown; it is what China could also show today. In the decade of…
Is there not something pathetically ridiculous about seeing these tens of thousands of Californians crammed into their huge vehicles, which guzzle massive amount of fuel, as they leave their vast properties in Los Angeles, surrounded by gardens that are costly…
In France, as in countless other countries, the healthcare system is faltering. Hospitals are overwhelmed, staff harassed, and patients worried. On a global scale, widening health inequalities continue to increase between those who have access to the best treatment and…
Among all the factors that could trigger a new global economic crisis, which is so feared and has been announced several times, there is one factor that I believe is underestimated: the ecological crisis. If we allow the ecological crisis…
The controversy that stemmed from the job title of European Commissioner in charge of, among other things, immigration (“in charge of protecting the European way of life”) deserves to be scrutinized; but perhaps not for the reasons we believe. Many…
