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The National Bureau of Statistics in Beijing has just published the figures for the 2nd quarter of 2026 of the Chinese economy. Year-on-year growth was 4.3% after 5% in the 1st quarter, i.e., over the 1st half of the year, a pace of 4.7% in the range between 4.5 and 5% which is the authorities' target for 2026. The only figure that caught the attention of commentators was 4.3%, pointing out that it is one of the lowest levels in recent decades. It was interpreted as a sign of the difficulties that the country would ...
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No one knows if the French team will win the World Cup. But what is a given is national pride in its results so far and the admiration it arouses in the press around the world. It goes far beyond the performances of a few stars or the cohesion of the team. It is the quality of the entire organization that is saluted. Its leader is not only a coach but the leader of a group that brings together the players and all those around them and who contribute to their technical performance and provide them with the environment essential ...
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The Rencontres d'Aix is a great success every year, as evidenced by the growing number of participants to the point that it is beginning to be described as a "little summer Davos". This success stems from several factors. First of all, there is a perfect organization. Each session starts and ends on time and the speakers have a good handle on the speaking time assigned to them. Then there is the diversity of the speakers who come from the five continents and who have or have had various responsibilities, in politics, in business or in the academic world. Finally ...
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The heat wave that is hitting Europe and France in particular is a manifestation of the climate change that is affecting the planet. It is becoming more and more difficult, even if other violent events have occurred in the past, such as in France during the summer of 2003, to contest the role of the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. But the reactions to the current crisis show the great confusion that exists between what needs to be done to curb this accumulation and the measures to be taken to mitigate its consequences in a country.
The accumulation ...
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Le nouvel Etat-stratège
Le dernier livre d'Alain Boublil, le nouvel Etat-statège (Editions de l'Archipel) est paru le 5 février 2014.
Le livre apporte les réponses de son auteur à la question qui est, en France, au centre de tous les débats politiques: "Que peut-on attendre de l'Etat aujourd'hui ? " Et il formule plusieurs suggestions sur l'exercice du pouvoir tirées de son expérience passée auprès de François Mitterrand. Observateur de l'économie mondiale comme conseil des nombreuses grandes entreprises qui ont fait appel à lui, il trace un portrait de la France d'aujourd'hui bien moins pessimiste que ce que l'on entend parfois, à condition que chacun fasse preuve de lucidité sur ses propres comportements.
Les exigences ont certes été exacerbées par la crise. Mais y faire face est de plus en plus difficile car l'écart s'est creusé entre les attentes de chacun et la réduction des marges de manoeuvres publiques du fait des règles internationales, de l'endettement et des contraintes environnementales.
En dix chapitres, Alain Boublil dresse un bilan sans complaisances, prend la mesure des possibilités et des limites de l'Etat et il ouvre des voies nouvelles pour l'action publique. Il évoque le sauvetage de l'euro, le fardeau de la dette et le ras-le-bol fiscal, l'Etat-patron de Colbert à Jean-Marie Messier, le retour du complexe vis-à-vis de l'Allemagne et les nouveaux outils de l'Etat-stratège dans la mondialisation face aux défis industriels, aux enjeux de la transition énergétique, à la "dictature du CO2" et à la révolution du gaz de schiste. Et il met en garde contre les dérives de l'Etat-spectacle, qui gènent l'efficacité de l'action publique et les facilités de l'Etat-guichet qui débouchent sur le clientélisme.
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17/07/2026
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The National Bureau of Statistics in Beijing has just published the figures for the 2nd quarter of 2026 of the Chinese economy. Year-on-year growth was 4.3% after 5% in the 1st quarter, i.e., over the 1st half of the year, a pace of 4.7% in the range between 4.5 and 5% which is the authorities' target ...
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