France’s Pension Crisis: Navigating the Doom Loop of Rising Deficits and Political Turmoil
The pension system in France is at the crossroads in 2025 with substantial financial deficit and a major political conflict. The system has a grave long-term sustainability despite a very controversial change in the year 2023 that increased the retirement age to 64 after it was set to 62. The French Court of Auditor (Cour […]
France’s Call to End the Spiral of Chaos Amid Fragile Israel-Iran Ceasefire
The period between June 24, 2025 (when a tense and precarious ceasefire between Israel and Iran was realized) and the preceding 12 days, during which Iran and Israel engaged in an aggressive conflict which was characterized by missile strikes, drone attacks and American airstrikes against Iranian nuclear plants, was a tense and fragile ceasefire between […]
Evaluating the UK-France Returns Agreement: Progress and Challenges in Solving the Refugee Crisis
Refugee migration is among the most burning humanitarian and political issues which Europe is currently struggling to address, and the crossings between England and France in the English Channel serve as the epitome of the lack of understanding of how to control irregular migration. A three-year agreement on cooperation in reducing irregular migration and enhancing […]
