How on earth did we get here?
Europe and the World in search of reference points! (Texte of a presentation to the Demi-Siècle – Cercle de Bruxelles on April 27th 2022) Dear friends of the Demi-Siècle, When two months ago our President asked me to speak to you this evening, I agreed, noting that it was impossible for me to be specific about the subject, as the horizon seemed to be so cloudy. The military operations in Ukraine had not started, the outcome of the French elections was uncertain, the health crisis was mutating, inflation was threatening, and so on. While some of these threats are now a fact, the future remains just as unpredictable and in some ways even more frightening. Rather than commenting on current…
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