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Bloomberg
2 days ago
- Politics
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Macron Is Mulling a Risky Choice for a Divided Electorate
By Updated on Save Bonjour et Bienvenue to the Paris Edition. I'm Bloomberg Opinion columnist Lionel Laurent. If you haven't yet, subscribe now to the Paris Edition newsletter. It's been a week of political shocks for Poland and the Netherlands, where uneasy coalitions are being pulled apart in a time of Trumpian politics and weaker economic growth. In France, by contrast, things are looking relatively calm despite a clearly divided electorate. Which begs the question: Why is Emmanuel Macron's administration considering changing how elections work?
Bloomberg
23-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Revolut Chooses France, Even if Sanofi Doesn't
Bonjour et Bienvenue to the Paris Edition. I'm Bloomberg Opinion columnist Lionel Laurent. If you haven't yet, subscribe now to the Paris Edition newsletter.
Bloomberg
02-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
France's E-Commerce Mayday Targets Temu and Shein
Bonjour et Bienvenue to the Paris Edition. I'm Bloomberg Opinion columnist Lionel Laurent. If you haven't yet, subscribe now to the Paris Edition newsletter. Most of the people heading to Charles de Gaulle Airport this week probably had a May Day vacation in mind. For French Finance Minister Eric Lombard, it was also the right place to send out a Mayday signal to the rest of Europe about the e-commerce boom that's about to take a grim trade-war turn.
Bloomberg
25-04-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Macron Vote Talk Spurs Deja Vu of Political Risk
Bonjour et Bienvenue to the Paris Edition. I'm Bloomberg Opinion columnist Lionel Laurent. If you haven't yet, subscribe now to the Paris Edition newsletter. The world is understandably fixated on the upheaval in war and trade out of Donald Trump's Washington. But this week was a reminder of a persistent source of political risk in the heart of Europe.
Bloomberg
18-04-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Defense Is France's New 21st-Century Luxury Good
By Bonjour et Bienvenue to the Paris Edition. I'm Bloomberg Opinion columnist Lionel Laurent. If you haven't yet, subscribe now to the Paris Edition newsletter. The French-made Dassault Rafale fighter jet is not cheap – buying 26 of them will set you back around $7.4 billion, at least judging by India's purchase terms approved on April 9. Yet military gear is becoming a necessary form of luxury good in today's world, as the US pulls back from existing security commitments and China steps up military assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific.
