The governor of the Bank of France, François Villeroy de Galhau, encountered in a hall of the Davos congress center, sums up well the feeling shared by the leaders of this world gathered this week at the 54th Davos Forum: “
With all these elections in 2024, the year will certainly be more political than economic.
» If Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who came in person to the World Economic Forum (WEF, in English), recalled that the war is raging less than 1000 km from the Swiss Alps station, the conflict between Hamas and Israel, the attacks in the Red Sea and tensions between China and the United States are on people's minds.
However, “
the great geopolitical fear is linked to
the American election
”, analyzes the boss of the French subsidiary of an American group.
Here too, this is a widespread reflection in this temple of globalization, which this year brings together more than 800 CEOs and 60 heads of state and government.
“
We all have our eyes on November 5
,” the date of the American presidential election, summarizes an American academic.
“They don't want a crazy person
,” says the boss of a French investment giant bluntly, evoking the specter of a return of Donald Trump to the White House.
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