Last week, The Economist published an astounding piece about the French elections, entitling its weekly magazine “France in denial“. Here is an abstract that will give you a taste: Yet what is most striking about the French election is how little anybody is saying about the country’s dire economic straits. The candidates dish out at least as […]
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Is France in denial? Not more than the rest of the World
April 4th, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Froggy News | Leave A Comment »
French press gets trapped by Irish blah blah
March 31st, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Crisis routine | Leave A Comment »
On Thursday, the Irish government announced that it reached a deal about the promissory notes issue, that forces Ireland to pay 3,06 bn euros on march 31st. But this deal actually does not defer any payment neither relieves Ireland from its heavy debt burden. In France, the only newspaper that reported about this information was Les Echos. But […]
Iceland is misunderstood
March 23rd, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Crisis routine | Leave A Comment »
In my last contribution for MyEurop.info, i explain why the icelandic bankruptcy case and the last referendum are highly misunderstood.
I can see the future (before Reuters)
March 22nd, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Crisis routine | Leave A Comment »
Every month, the news agency Reuters publish the monthly data of Greek banks’ reliance on the eurosystem fundings… one month later than their real release date. I’ll demonstrate this.
Hat tip to Vincent Browne
March 17th, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Crisis routine | Leave A Comment »
It’s been a while since I saw it the first time, but this video is worth watching again: Vincent Browne is a famous Irish journalist, known for his free-speech and critical thinking. A gem in today’s economical journalism landscape.