2016: Back to the Future

2016: Back to the Future

Hollande gave his best wishes for the new year in a festive way, but he was not very convincing: at war against terrorism alongside Obama, Putin and a new ally, Assad – who’s regime is responsible for 300,000 deaths since 2011. Let’s not forget Saudi Arabia – 47...
2016: Back to the Future

Electoral Circus and Social Front

Finishing first in six regions, the National Front (FN) comes out the winner of the first round of the regional elections. By choosing the FN, an openly racist and xenophobic party, one quarter of the voters who did not abstain have, in fact, followed the path opened...
2016: Back to the Future

No to Their Emergency State to Silence Anger

Everyone to their action stations, during the Cop 21: 150 heads of state, 40,000 people gathered at le Bourget, supposedly to curb global warming. It is above all an opportunity for François Hollande and his staff of Ministers to lead a parade, not to say “Welcome to...
2016: Back to the Future

You Cannot Stay Quiet in a Barbarous World

The attacks on November 13 in Paris, sponsored by the Islamic State (IS), blindly killed 130 people and injured more than 300 among people who were at a concert, a football game, or a restaurant terrace… Since then, another Islamic terrorist group killed 19...
2016: Back to the Future

Hollande: A Friend (of Finance) Who Wishes You Well…

Between them, “there is something strong”, there is “mutual trust”, a “special relationship”… During his official trip to Greece, Hollande had only sweet words towards Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. This “friendship” had been formed last July, when the French...