The publication by INSEE of its first estimation of the French growth during the 1^st quarter has surprised and disappointed. GDP has stagnated. During the same time inflation reached year on year 4.8% and it was not needed more for the spectre of stagflation to be reminded, the worst situation an economy can know with, in the same time inflation and the growth stoppage, which frequently constitutes the preliminary signal of a recession. These worries are yet excessive and the figures are less alarming than they look like because this stagnation occurs after a strong rebound in 2021 ...

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Each presidential election offers the opportunity, for the candidates qualified for the second round, to draw up the situation of the country and to formulate proposals. When one of the candidates is the current president, the debate is first about the evaluation of his action he assumes and defend before presenting what he intends to undertake if he is reelected. His opponent has then as a priority, to the opposite, to criticize it, frequently through a caricature, and to explain how he would do better thanks to his program. It is this debate which will be at the center of ...

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French people will elect its next President of the Republic April 10^th and 24^th  Only the two tops candidates after the 1^st round will be present in the 2^nd round. The electoral campaign occurs in an unprecedented context. The media attention is focused on the war in Ukraine. Comments regarding this election everyday are about the results of the last poll opinion and the candidates ranking, as if it was about the Tour de France, and about their personality. When they are interviewed, they are questioned first about their comments on actuality and much more rarely ...

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