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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 13. May | 57 comments (57 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Une fondation pour refonder - Libération		A foundation for Rebuilding
Terra nova, bouée de secours d'une gauche à la dérive ? Ses fondateurs avaient pensé la nommer la Fondation Phénix, pour une gauche qui doit renaître de ses cendres. Ils ont finalement préféré Terra Nova pour le dernier né des think tanks désireux d'aider à la rénovation idéologique d'un camp progressiste toujours pas remis d'avoir perdu trois présidentielles d'affilée. Objectif, selon les responsables de Terra Nova, lancé aujourd'hui (1) : «Contribuer à sortir le progressisme de l'impasse dans lequel il se trouve» en repensant «le modèle de l'Etat providence dans une économie ouverte». <...>		Terra Nova, lifeline for a drifting left? Its founders first thought of calling it the Phoenix Foundation, for a left that needs to rise from its ashes. They finally chose Terra Nova for the latest-born of the think tanks that hope to contribute to the ideological renewal of the progressive side, that has still not got over three presidential electoral defeats in a row. The aim, according to Terra Nova, launched today : "To contribute to get progressivism out of the impasse it's in" by rethinking "the welfare state model in an open economy". <...>
Pour Olivier Ferrand, président de Terra Nova, ex-conseiller de Lionel Jospin, proche de Dominique Strauss-Kahn, il s'agirait plutôt de la mise en orbite à gauche de la première vraie fondation capable de rivaliser avec son pendant de droite, l'Institut Montaigne, et, à terme, avec les modèles anglais (Policy network, blairiste), et américain (Center for American Progress, qui travaille aussi bien pour Hillary Clinton que Barack Obama). Car pour Olivier Ferrand, s'il existe déjà des fondations (Jean-Jaurès), des clubs (les Gracques, la Forge...) et autres cercles de réflexion (la République des idées, En temps réel...), «il n'y a pas à gauche de plateforme structurelle capable de convertir le diagnostic des intellectuels sur la société française en propositions politiques».		For Olivier Ferrand, president of Terra Nova, former adviser to Lionel Jospin and close to Dominique Strauss-Kahn, it 's actually about placing in orbit on the left, the first real think tank capable of vying with its rightwing counterpart, the Institut Montaigne, and, eventually, with British (Policy Network, Blairite) and American models (Center for American Progress, which works for both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama). Because in Olivier Ferrand's view, though there are already foundations (Jean-Jaurès), clubs (Gracchi, the Forge) and other think tanks (the Republic of Ideas, In Real Time), "there is no structural platform on the left capable of converting the diagnosis of intellectuals on French society into policy proposals ".

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue May 13th, 2008 at 02:21:17 AM EST
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Re: France (4.00 / 2)

Excellent. Has someone been reading ET, or has the game become so obvious that even the established Left is catching on?

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Tue May 13th, 2008 at 05:01:12 AM EST
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Re: France (none / 1)

The problem is, this is a very French initiative...

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Tue May 13th, 2008 at 05:41:33 AM EST
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Getting in touch (none / 1)

François Véron, who is part of the leadership of this new foundation, is the brother of Nicolas Véron whose texts I have been cross-posting here on ET.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Tue May 13th, 2008 at 05:09:28 AM EST
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