As a newcomer to ET, Jerome, let me tell you it is quite the oppposite. Ref this extract from today's Le Monde, an article by Eric Le Boucher :

Regardez simplement les événements depuis huit jours : les menaces s'accumulent - celle de l'Iran, celles non moins violentes de Poutine ; Chine et Etats-Unis causent seuls de l'avenir de la planète ; les organisations multilatérales prennent l'eau - le FMI s'interroge sur sa raison d'être, l'OMC va à l'échec ; l'Europe est au point mort ; le pétrole flambe ; l'euro regrimpe vers ses sommets. Mais la France ne voit rien, ne parle de rien, ne compte pour rien. Elle passe de la crise des banlieues à celle du CPE, du Clemenceau à l'affaire Clearstream.

"France sees nothing, talks about nothing, counts for nil. She goes from the suburbs crisis to that of the CPE, from the Clemenceau to the Clearstream affaire."

And he forgot those events which are shaping the future of our industry, right now, and which go almost totally unreported in our beloved media : Will someone tell me what is everyone's agenda in those very large manoeuvres between BA, EADS, Lagardère, Thalès ?

So, and this is valid for all those regular contributors to ET which I read with what sometimes amount to fascination - no, I will not name names - be they about technology, history, politics, economy : you will never ever bore anyone when you write eloquently about a subject you obviously master.

My 2 € cts...