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  • cover of the note: "The state of the right: Sweden and Denmark"

    The state of the right: Sweden and Denmark
    Study by Jacob Christensen ,Tuesday 27 July 2010
    At the beginning of 2010, Sweden and Denmark were governed by centre-right coalitions. Considering that the Scandinavian countries are often seen as a bastion of social democracy, this may appear surprising,... Read more

  • cover of the note "The state of the right: Italy"

    The state of the right: Italy
    Study by Sofia Ventura ,Wednesday 14 July 2010
    In the history of Republican Italy, reference to rightwing politics and parties, in opposition to those of the left, has only been made since 1994. Earlier use of the explicit distinction between the... Read more

  • study " Banking regulation for sustainable growth "

    Banking regulation for sustainable growth
    Study by Nathalie Janson ,Friday 2 July 2010
    After two dramatic years for the banking sector, in particular after the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy in September 2008, 2009 signs an alt. The worst seems to have been avoided and the financial and banking... Read more

  • The Netherlands: The Populist Temptation

    The Netherlands: The Populist Temptation
    Study by Christophe de Voogd ,Thursday 29 April 2010
    In this Study, the author, Christophe de Voogd, a history lecturer at Sciences Po, offers an in-depth analysis of Dutch society – long viewed as open, supportive and confident, but currently in the throes... Read more

  • The State of the Right: Great Britain

    The State of the Right: Great Britain
    Study by David Hanley ,Thursday 1 April 2010
    This article is the first in a series that Fondapol plans to publish on the right in Europe over the coming months. We will be looking at a total of ten European countries. Fondapol few weeks ahead of... Read more

  • Reforming the Constitution to Reduce Government Debt: Creating A Balanced-Budget Rule In France

    Reforming the Constitution to Reduce Government Debt: Creating A Balanced-Budget Rule In France
    Study by Jacques Delpla ,Tuesday 2 February 2010
    This document proposes to include in 2010 a balanced-budget rule in the French Constitution and in the LOLF (Loi Organique relative aux Lois de Finances, the quasi-constitutional framework... Read more

  • Iran: civil revolution?

    Iran: civil revolution?
    Working Paper by Nader Vahabi ,Monday 16 November 2009
    What exactly happened in Iran in June 2009? Why, when Ahmadinejad’s election in 2005 failed to spark any protests, did the Iranian people take to the streets after his re-election four years later? What... Read more

  • The German Economy on the Eve of the General Election

    The German Economy on the Eve of the General Election
    Working Paper by Nicolas Bouzou, Jérôme Duval-Hamel,Monday 21 September 2009
    With the country in the grip of a recession, economic issues have dominated Germany’s federal election campaign. The campaign has focused on the economic and financial crisis, taxes and the funding of... Read more

  • The 2009 European Elections Confirmed the Supremacy of the Right in the EU

    The 2009 European Elections Confirmed the Supremacy of the Right in the EU
    Working Paper by Dominique Reynié, Corinne Deloy,Thursday 17 September 2009
    The 2009 European Elections Confirmed the Supremacy of the Right in the EU Coinciding with José Manuel Barroso's re-election at the head of the European Commission, the Fondation pour l'Innovation Politique... Read more

  • European Development Policy: A Response to the Crisis Affecting Globalisation

    European Development Policy: A Response to the Crisis Affecting Globalisation
    Working Paper by Jean-Michel Debrat,Monday 15 June 2009
    In a previous essay published in 2006, we looked at Europe’s place in the world and concluded that we needed to create, step by step, a veritable European system of development cooperation. Nearly three... Read more

  • The rise of a new European sentiment

    The rise of a new European sentiment
    Survey by Dominique Reynié,Tuesday 19 May 2009
    Survey of 15 130 Europeans across the 27 EU Member States
    Three weeks before the European elections, the Fondation pour l’innovation politique, in partnership... Read more

  • European elections: choose your Parliament!

    European elections: choose your Parliament!
    Survey ,Wednesday 8 April 2009
    In June 2009, 500 millions Europeans will be asked to cast their ballot to elect their Parliament. On that occasion the Fondation pour l'innovation politique, together... Read more

  • Four Proposals to Stem the Tide of Protectionism in Europe

    Four Proposals to Stem the Tide of Protectionism in Europe
    Working Paper by Nicolas Bouzou,Tuesday 31 March 2009
    Since the banking and financial crisis began, increasingly loud calls have been made for protectionist measures at the European level. While calls for protectionism are common in this... Read more

  • From 29 January to 19 March: Civil Service vs. Civil Society?

    From 29 January to 19 March: Civil Service vs. Civil Society?
    Working Paper of the survey "The French and the protest movement of 29 January" by Dominique Reynié,Thursday 19 March 2009
    Trade unions called for a new day of strikes and demonstrations for all professions on 19 March, focusing on the themes of employment, public services and purchasing power. This protest day followed the... Read more

  • Higher Education Reform in France: Some Lessons From the Australian Experience

    Higher Education Reform in France: Some Lessons From the Australian Experience
    Working Paper by Zoe McKenzie,Friday 13 March 2009
    This paper takes a global look at higher education reform in France. It outlines Nicolas Sarkozy's commitments to reform France's universities, the legislative and administrative measures taken through... Read more

  • The prohibition of discrimination on grounds of age in employment: a "cultural revolution"?

    The prohibition of discrimination on grounds of age in employment: a "cultural revolution"?
    Working Paper by Elise Muir,Monday 8 December 2008
    The prohibition of discrimination on grounds of age constitutes a "cultural revolution" for the French society. Employers and public authorities, accustomed to relying upon age criteria to articulate... Read more

  • Greening Economic Growth: Towards a Global Strategy for Europe

    Greening Economic Growth: Towards a Global Strategy for Europe
    Study by Damien Tresallet, Elvire Fabry,Wednesday 26 November 2008
    In the context of an unstable global economy, three of the principal polluting nations ­ China, India and the United States ­ have, up to now, been reluctant to ratify any binding agreement on climate... Read more

  • Towards a New Philosophy for the EU: Globalization and Political Cultures in Europe
    Study by Allan Janik,Tuesday 23 September 2008
    According to philosopher Allan Janik, the feeling that the EU is being swept away by globalization feeds the notion that European democracy is faltering. Janik argues for a new public philosophy based... Read more

  • The Mediterranean Union: Why and How?

    The Mediterranean Union: Why and How?
    Special Report by Frédéric Allemand,Wednesday 2 July 2008
    Launched by Nicolas Sarkozy in the spring of 2007, the Mediterranean Union project, renamed the “Barcelona Process: the Mediterranean Union” in March 2008, heralds a new era in the complex but essential... Read more

  • Externalization: A Strategy for Refocusing the State on Its Core Competencies

    Externalization: A Strategy for Refocusing the State on Its Core Competencies
    Special Report by Frédéric Rouvillois,Wednesday 9 April 2008
    Externalization, as used here, is the notion of the State “relieving” itself of its duties to avoid the cost and red tape of an overly cumbersome administrative apparatus, referred to in some quarters... Read more

  • Africa-France-Europe: Building a Path for the Future

    Africa-France-Europe: Building a Path for the Future
    Conference act ,Wednesday 27 February 2008
    In February 2007, the Fondation pour l'innovation politique, in partnership with the Institut Afrique moderne and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung held a second international conference in Ouagadougou. This... Read more

  • Trade Policy and Climate Change: Options for a European Border Adjustment Measure

    Trade Policy and Climate Change: Options for a European Border Adjustment Measure
    Working Paper by Mehdi Abbas,Monday 11 February 2008
    In November 2006, the French government announced the concept of introducing a carbon tax (so called CO2 tax) on imports originating from countries refusing to commit to the Kyoto Protocol. The French... Read more

  • Visit to Iran

    Visit to Iran
    Special Report by Franck Debié, Jérôme Monod,Thursday 7 February 2008
    From 5 to 16 January 2008, Jérôme Monod, Honorary Chairman of the Fondation pour l'innovation politique, and Franck Debié, Chief Executive Officer, travelled to Iran. Their goal was to look behind prejudices... Read more

  • Young People Facing the Future. An International Survey

    Young People Facing the Future. An International Survey
    Study by Anna Stellinger, Raphaël Wintrebert,Thursday 3 January 2008
    What aspirations are motivating today's youth? How do they view family, employment, or society as a whole? As of what age is one considered “young”? At what age is one no longer young?
    In order... Read more

  • Striving for an Ecological Democracy

    Striving for an Ecological Democracy
    Working Paper by Frédéric Rouvillois,Thursday 8 November 2007
    The Grenelle Environment Forum established to tackle the environmental challenge must take into account the need for institutional reform - summarized by the term “ecological democracy.” Yet the groups... Read more

  • Environnement : miser sur l'économie de l'innovation

    The Environment: Banking on the Innovation Economy
    Working Paper by Geneviève Ferone, Jean-Didier Vincent,Thursday 8 November 2007
    Twenty years: that is the timeframe that we have adopted to restore the Earth’s climate. If we fail, our countries will be unable to survive the three-fold population, global warming and energy crisis... Read more

  • Where is America Headed?

    Where is America Headed?
    Working Paper by Bruno Tertrais,Tuesday 6 November 2007
    In this Working Paper, Bruno Tertrais, Senior Research Fellow at the Fondation pour la recherche stratégique (FRS), maintains that the first half of the 21st century will be primarily marked by America.... Read more

  • Call for the Creation of a University of Europe in Strasbourg

    Call for the Creation of a University of Europe in Strasbourg
    Special Report by Jérôme Monod, Bronislaw Geremek,Thursday 25 October 2007
    From its inception, the Fondation pour l'innovation politique has argued for the creation of a University of Europe in Strasbourg. This proposal is the kind of concrete project the Fondation strives to... Read more

  • Free Trade vs. Protectionism: Extricating France from a False Dilemma

    Free Trade vs. Protectionism: Extricating France from a False Dilemma
    Working Paper by Raphaël Wintrebert,Tuesday 25 September 2007
    Globalization, liberalism, protectionism, free trade—these often misunderstood concepts are an integral part of international trade policies and, in broader terms, structure France’s economic and social... Read more

  • The Welfare State vs. Changing Social Risks

    The Welfare State vs. Changing Social Risks
    Study by Philippe Brongniart, François Ewald, Anna Stellinger,Tuesday 18 September 2007
    The Welfare State and its system of social protection are undergoing massive transformation. In France, as elsewhere, the nature and impact of social risks have changed: old age is no longer a risk due... Read more

  • Shall We Try New Methods to Make the EU-27 Work?

    Shall We Try New Methods to Make the EU-27 Work?
    Working Paper by Frédéric Allemand, Clara Brandi, Michael Wohlgemuth,Friday 14 September 2007
    Is the European Union still able to function effectively now that it has been enlarged to 27 Member States? Although the future Reform Treaty brings substantial improvements, the philosophy underpinning... Read more

  • Strengthening Ties between European Union Countries

    Strengthening Ties between European Union Countries
    Study by Stuart Bell, Francis Mer, Frédéric Allemand,Thursday 6 September 2007
    In a constantly changing world, the European Union needs to prove that it is not impotent. At a time when treaty reform is being vigorously debated, Sir Stuart Bell, Francis Mer and Frédéric Allemand... Read more

  • Delocalizations: Political Challenges of a Still Not Well Understood Phenomenon

    Delocalizations: Political Challenges of a Still Not Well Understood Phenomenon
    Working Paper by Raphaël Wintrebert,Wednesday 1 August 2007
    Free trade, the prevailing economic policy for over fifty years, is being called into question in South America, the United States and France. At the core of the apprehension lies China, whose increasingly... Read more

  • Redécouverte du Japon | Hors-série par Jérôme Monod

    Rediscovering Japan
    Special Report ,Thursday 26 July 2007
    Over four weeks, Jérôme Monod, Honorary Chairman of the Fondation pour l'innovation politique, crisscrossed Japan, exploring this melting pot of tradition and modernity. As was the case with previous... Read more

  • The Need for an EU Black Sea Policy

    The Need for an EU Black Sea Policy
    Working Paper by Andreas Schockenhoff,Tuesday 24 July 2007
    The Union's neighbourhood policy, covering the Sahara to the Caspian Sea, often seems abstract, paltry and rather unambitious. In the Black Sea region, Europeans cannot continue to leave to others the... Read more

  • Is the Single Contract Such a Good Idea?

    Is the Single Contract Such a Good Idea?
    Working Paper ,Thursday 12 July 2007
    In setting out his presidential agenda, Nicolas Sarkozy committed to a single employment contract which would take the place of the current ongoing (CDI) and fixed-term (CDD) contracts. This project,... Read more

  • Guaranteed Minimum Services, at Last?

    Guaranteed Minimum Services, at Last?
    Working Paper by Frédéric Rouvillois,Wednesday 6 June 2007
    We have missed an opportunity to guarantee a right to minimum services in the public sector, despite strong public support and political will. The debate over minimum service remains sensitive and continues... Read more

  • Proceedings of the Eurogolfe Forum

    Proceedings of the Eurogolfe Forum
    Conference act by Franck Debié,Wednesday 30 May 2007
    This document reviews the highlights of the second Eurogolfe Forum, which was held in Menton, France, from 16 to 19 June 2005. It is now 2007, and Europe and the situation in the Persian Gulf have evolved... Read more

  • Measuring Happiness

    Measuring Happiness
    Working Paper by Raphaël Wintrebert,Tuesday 24 April 2007
    Is it necessary, or even feasible, to measure a country’s wealth in other ways than by its GDP? After being a fad in the 1970s and neglected during the 1980s and 1990s, “welfare” studies are once again... Read more

  • Public Opinion As a Market: Telecracy v. Democracy

    Public Opinion As a Market: Telecracy v. Democracy
    Working Paper ,Monday 16 April 2007
    On 3 April 2007, the Fondation pour l'innovation politique held a roundtable on “Public Opinion As a Market: Telecracy v. Democracy” within the framework of monthly political lectures led by Prof. Dominique... Read more

  • An Ambition for French People: Transform Globalization in Civilization

    An Ambition for French People: Transform Globalization in Civilization
    Study by François Ewald,Tuesday 27 March 2007
    François Ewald's essay was part of Fondation pour l'innovation politique address to the French presidential candidates. In the essay, Ewald expressed both a feeling of rebellion and an ambition to reverse... Read more

  • The Example of Scandinavia: Model or Alibi?

    The Example of Scandinavia: Model or Alibi?
    Working Paper by Anna Stellinger,Thursday 22 March 2007
    French politicians have formed the good habit of searching beyond our borders for successful models in constitutional, economic and social matters. After the English, American, Japanese, German and Dutch... Read more

  • Les Européens face à la mondialisation

    Europeans and the Globalization Challenge
    Study by Elvire Fabry,Wednesday 21 March 2007
    Are the French the only race to fear globalization? The future of the European Union depends for the most part on the way in which Europeans meet the challenges of globalization. But do all European citizens... Read more

  • Should We Reform Institutions or Inaugurate a New French Republic? The Bel Report: Its Limitations and Omissions

    Should We Reform Institutions or Inaugurate a New French Republic? The Bel Report: Its Limitations and Omissions
    Working Paper by Frédéric Rouvillois,Tuesday 20 March 2007
    On 8 February 2007, Senator Jean-Pierre Bel, President of the French Senate’s Socialist Group, released his report on institutional reform. These proposals addressing all constitutional issues under the... Read more

  • An Open Letter to Presidential Candidates

    An Open Letter to Presidential Candidates
    Open Letter by François Ewald, Jérôme Monod, Jean de Boishue, Philippe Brongniart, Franck Debié, Jean-Claude Paye,Thursday 15 March 2007
    France faces major challenges. The question is, are we ready? Which is the reason for this letter to you who tomorrow will hold our destiny in your hands. The Foundation for Political Innovation is young.... Read more

  • Would civil society be better represented with the proportional system?

    Would civil society be better represented with the proportional system? European Experiences and the French Scenario
    Study directed by Elvire Fabry by Elvire Fabry, Dominique Reynié, Pascal Perrineau, Jean-Benoit Pilet, Frédéric Rouvillois,Tuesday 13 February 2007
    French citizens are increasingly dissatisfied with the representative system, whether in terms of election procedures or of the relatively stagnant choice of candidates from a professionalized political... Read more

  • Renouveler la démocratie, mode d'emploi

    Guidelines for Renewing Democracy
    Special Report by Dominique Lecourt,Monday 12 February 2007
    In Raymond Boudon's keynote address to a conference organised by the Fondation pour l'innovation politique in January 2007 he outlined the practical consequences of the theory he had developed in his... Read more

  • The Unknown Actors of Development

    The Unknown Actors of Development
    Conference act by Miniya Chatterji, Anne Goirand,Friday 2 February 2007
    On 29 and 30 June 2005, in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), the Fondation pour l'innovation politique held a conference entitled “The Unknown Actors of Development” in cooperation with Institut Afrique moderne,... Read more

  • Should We Oppose Legally Enforceable Entitlements?

    Should We Oppose Legally Enforceable Entitlements?
    Working Paper by Frédéric Rouvillois,Thursday 1 February 2007
    Should we oppose legally enforceable entitlements? Even as parliamentary assemblies begin to review the enforceable right to housing, Frédéric Rouvillois, a Professor of Public Law at Université Paris-V... Read more

  • Social cohesion and place of the governments' policies in an individualized society

    Social cohesion and place of the governments' policies in an individualized society
    Working Paper ,Wednesday 29 November 2006
    Arnaud Mercier pinpoints a radical transformation in the conception of society, as the facts of life are more and more characterized by the pervasive decline of institutions, increasing deregulations,... Read more

  • What tax policy to boost the Single Market?

    What tax policy to boost the Single Market?
    Study ,Wednesday 25 October 2006
    Europe is going through a major crisis, whose most recent and visible outcome is the French and Dutch rejection of the European Constitution. The "evil" is deep-rooted: economic growth in the European... Read more

  • Promoting political innovation through values and people: Activity Report 2005-2006
    Activity Report ,Monday 2 October 2006
    In the course of its first two years of existence, the Foundation set out its values and principles: the primacy of freedom and individual initiative; patience and independence. Without them, no enterprise,... Read more

  • Promoting a European development policy

    Promoting a European development policy
    Study by Jean-Michel Debrat,Monday 18 September 2006
    This study initiates a reflection on what the new European development policy should be: a policy based on cooperation with Africa and breaking new grounds in the fields of decentralization and partnership.... Read more

  • The russian comeback. Chronicles of a journey through Eastern Europe

    The russian comeback. Chronicles of a journey through Eastern Europe
    Special Report by Jean de Boishue, Jérôme Monod,Monday 21 August 2006
    From May 27 to June 9, 2006, Jérôme Monod, Honorary President of the Fondation and Jean de Boishue, Member of the Fondation's Supervisory Board and Editor of the review 2050, went over to Russia on a... Read more

  • Prospects for Young People's sucess

    Prospects for Young People's Success
    Study by Anna Stellinger, Marie-Christine Bellosta, Franck Debié, Monique Sassier,Wednesday 10 May 2006
    Public opinion regularly focuses on the young people who come up against the gravest difficulties. It is not concerned with the others.Hardly has the problem been raised than the subject is dropped: the... Read more

  • Integration and Community in North America

    Integration and Community in North America
    Study by Cécile Chavel, Franck Debié, Jérôme Monod,Wednesday 29 March 2006
    From January 25 to February1, 2006, Cécile Chavel, psychoanalyst, Franck Debié, Chief Executive Officer of the Fondation, and Jérôme Monod, Honorary President, went over to the States to study the American... Read more

  • Demographic Changes in Europe. Dealing with an Aging Workforce

    Demographic Changes in Europe. Dealing with an Aging Workforce
    Study by Xavier van den Brande,Friday 27 January 2006
    Europe is facing unprecedented demographic change, characterized by a rapidly aging population. At the core of the demographic change are consistently low birthrates (the EU average is of 1.5 children... Read more

  • China's Peaceful Rise and New Role of Asia

    China's Peaceful Rise and New Role of Asia
    Study by Jérôme Monod,Wednesday 18 May 2005
    One of the hot topics of international attention is China's peaceful rise. Can China rise peacefully? Will it be a blessing or a peril to the rest of Asia and the world? Opinions vary. This roundtable... Read more