The debate about the project of closing Fessenheim nuclear plant, which is not motivated by any security concern since its operation is authorized until 2022, is very sharp because of the 2 200 layoffs which will result of its closure. It is much more than in Florange for instance and it leads us to question about the consequences of the Ecologists economic choices on employment. This project was a François Hollande commitment precisely to get their support during the last presidential election. The same demand had been formulated, on the other side of the Rhine, by the Bade-Würtemberger ...

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The end of the degradation of the economic activity, in France, during 2016 final quarter, is it the signal announcing, at last, growth comeback in 2017? For the time being, nothing is sure. French economy is stagnating for four years. Last estimations of 2016 GDP growth, 1.2%, shouldn’t create illusions. 2016 was a bissextile year with, a top of that, three public holidays occurring on a Sunday. The rebound, forecast for the 4^th quarter, will more reflect a catching up after the previous six months stagnation, than the signal of a durable trend. But that catching up ...

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The stoppage, for diverse reasons, of around ten nuclear power plants and a colder autumn have been enough to disrupt the energy mix in France in November. Consumption increased by  near 9%, compared to November 2015, but the net electricity production fell by 3.7%, which has provoked a slump of exports. The trade balance has been divided by 10 with just a 0.64 TWh surplus. Nuclear production has fallen by 12.7% and its share of the power production, which usually is close to 75%, was reduced to 68%. Thanks to a good level of the water in ...

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