Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was to inherit, upon his accession to the presidency of the Republic in 1974, a rapidly rising France.
"France today has the most dynamic economy,"
hired a team of researchers from the Hudson Institute in 1973.
France can hope to be, within ten years, the most powerful European economy in terms of total production.
By 1990, the French will have overtaken Sweden in wealth and will enjoy the highest standard of living in Europe. ”
At the start of this mandate, France has all the cards in hand to feel confident.
Growth has never fallen below the 3% mark, the most dynamic in the world just after Japan, and the unemployment rate does not exceed it.
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On the strength of this dynamism, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, the one who, following in his father's footsteps, was Inspector of Finance, then Minister of the Economy and Finance from 1969 upon his accession to the Elysee, wants to be a new breath and translate into action his formula: "
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