Economic Panorama

The discontent of farmers nationwide against the trade deal between the European Union and four South American countries.A drop in birth rate and the problem of Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu,to gather parliamentary majority for the annual budget dominated public discusssion in the last quarter of the year 2025.To the extent that the issue of the fall in the share price of Bolloré on the stock exchange in 2025 and two important corporate anniversaries were largely ignored by commentators.

The 60th Anniversay of TotalEnergies in Nigeria

The early employees of the oil exploration company can still remember the choppy waters of the early months of the company.A presence that is in the form of 18 000 employées, the management of 530 petrol stations within the Federal Republic and the Onigbagbo solar powered station as the group is sliding through this celebration.In 2025,the oil exploration group signed a joint venture agreement with Chevron and  the Egina deep offshore production project launched in 2018 capable of producing 200 000 barrels in a day is the flagship product of the French group  in Nigeria in the course of the last 60 years.

Publicis  Groupe SA and Air France-KLM

Preparations started last year but the climax of this anniversary of the  advertising agency founded by Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet in Paris celebrated its first 100 years in 2026. In his Memoires d'un Lion,the founder of the advertising group hinted that the desire to use the 6 in his date of birth and Publicité,the French word for advertising were responsible for the choice of Publicis the name of his advertising agency.Publicis Groupe SA is within  four international groups with offices around the world.The second anniversary neglected by commentators is the anniversary of Air France-KLM due to the excellent stock market performances between January and December 2025,bold corporate acquisitions,the transporation of 77 million passengers worldwide were demonstrations of recovery from the consequences of the Covid crisis.

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