The 2020 investment plan was one of the decisions of Macron which can be really efficient in the long run. This plan can have a real utility : positioning France in the technologies of the future, and, if it succeeds, contribute to renew French economy, fight the overwhelming debt… To this extend this plan is one of the few good ideas of two terrible mandates, especially the last one.
Macron began his speech talking about the importance of prospective. This sentence is very true and it would have been great if he had followed this sentence the rest of the time of his mandates. He did a series of measures to support new technologies in cars, but also for the space and submarines. These measures are revealing the next geopolitical rivalries, opportunities and threats in the future. To this extend investing these sector is detrimental in the future to be able to be competitive. Germany did a great investment plan in new technologies and infrastructures, even if this country has a much better financial situation than France and despite a real crisis of its model (its dependance to the Chinese market, the threatened car industry and its dependance to Russian gas) its good financial situation make this country able to invest in the technologies of the future. It is the reason why the mentality Macron showed in this speech should be sustained more.
From this speech four years ago this subject didn’t enter enough in the public debate. There are no real public debate or political speeches about this subject while it should be major in the coming years. Moreover it can be stimulating in many fields, from the management of public finances to education. But France doesn’t look to want to do the same initiatives as Germany for instance.
It is the reason why this 2030 investment plan was one of the best initiatives of Macron’s mandates. Moreover this question is mobilizing many questions, scientifical, philosophical, ethical… These questions are also mobilizing many religious problems about the concordance between the use of modern technologies and ancient wisdoms. Asian countries, for instance China and Japan, built their return with the combinaison of both mentalities. It would be a good thing that this investment plan should be more taken into account more and less the sad spectacle we see from the dissolution in 2024.
The observer 