France is doing badly.
Or rather, the French like to think that this is the case.
A tired health system, excessive public spending, a rising debt, foreign trade at half mast without forgetting the school where, it seems, the level is collapsing.
In December, the announcement of France's plummet in the Pisa rankings with a historic fall of 21 points – and 23rd place in the world for student level – punctuated a gloomy 2023.
Liberty, equality, gloom, the new French motto?
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The genius is not dead
Not everywhere.
And especially not in the field of entrepreneurship, science and technology, where the French often manage to embody excellence in spheres that are nevertheless ultra-competitive.
No offense to the pessimists, the “French genius” is not dead.
To illustrate its vigor,
Le Figaro Magazine
wanted to highlight some of these talents embodying, in our opinion, this virtuosity.
There are the obvious muses of this excellence like…
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