French president Emmanuel Macron won a three-fifth majority in the lower house in the second round of the legislatives elections on Sunday (18 June), but less than half of voters cast a ballot. Macron’s political movement, La Republique en Marche ... Read

Pour approfondir la zone euro, la Commission européenne vient de proposer la création de produits titrisés de dette souveraine européenne. Une proposition qui pourrait être davantage une alternative qu’un précédent pour les Eurobonds. Le 31 mai 2017, la Commission européenne ... Read

Our loyal readers will not have been surprised by the result of Theresa May’s early election. Not only had we put in perspective a defeat of Theresa May, despite the favourable outcome given to her by the polls; but, from ... Read

May 19 – Iran: presidential election. A serious opponent is now threatening the chances of re-election of the reformist Hassan Rohani. This man is the ultra-conservative Ebrahim Raissi, reinforced by the great geopolitical tensions surrounding Iran: war against Saudi Arabia ... Read

The voice of France in the world seemed to have disappeared (at least since 2007), which is a far cry from the brilliance of French diplomacy in 2003 when the country opposed the war in Iraq. And yet, just when ... Read