On Thursday, September 4, at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Jean Pisani-Ferry was awarded the Légion d'Honneur. This text is his response to the speech made on that occasion by Economy Minister Eric Lombard, whom he has known for a long time. Both were members of the "Groupe des Arcs" an informal club of left-leaning senior civil servants and economists.
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Two French baby boomers on what their generation got wrong
A decoration ceremony is like a funeral oration with a right of reply. And this one comes at a good time, because I have things to say. (...)
This is not a moment to simply be pleased with one's own small achievements. This is a moment when each of us is forced to question our own responsibility for the current state of our country and what we can do to help it move forward.
