La spéculation stratégique de la France et l’impasse de l’autonomie européenne

Je dois l’avouer franchement : lorsque j’observe la France de 2025 afficher à nouveau, sur la scène internationale, cette posture qu’elle appelle « autonomie stratégique », je ne ressens pas seulement de la déception, mais une inquiétude de plus en plus forte, presque impossible à contenir. Je sens de plus en plus clairement que les … Continue reading La spéculation stratégique de la France et l’impasse de l’autonomie européenne →

Why Has Europe Fallen Asleep on Digital Payments?

A Long Reflection on Civilizational Self-Anesthesia and Institutional Torpor I increasingly feel that Europe’s backwardness in digital payments is not the result of missing technology, insufficient resources, or a lack of talent. The real cause lies deeper, more abstractly, and in ways Europeans themselves hesitate to admit: it is the outcome of a civilization that … Continue reading Why Has Europe Fallen Asleep on Digital Payments? →

A Personal Reflection on the ECB’s Role as Sovereign Arbiter in 2025

As I reflect on the past fifteen years of Eurozone turbulence, one truth unsettles me deeply: the European Central Bank has transformed from a market stabilizer into the ultimate arbiter of sovereign credit, nowhere more evident than in France, the Eurozone’s heart. In 2025, we’re not facing a Greek style debt collapse, but a quieter, … Continue reading A Personal Reflection on the ECB’s Role as Sovereign Arbiter in 2025 →

The Economic Cost of Cultural Symbols:

Intellectual Misalignment and the Exclusion of Creativity in French Society (1975–2025) I. The Economic Trap of Cultural Capital After years of observing France’s economic transformation, I have become convinced that culture is no longer merely a medium of expression, it has become an economized structure of symbols. Over the past fifty years, France has built … Continue reading The Economic Cost of Cultural Symbols: →