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14/10/2008

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Benhamou, Eric

2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.

La Tribune - France | 27/03/2008

How to crank up the pressure on China?

For Eric Benhamou, "Beijing is not like Moscow in the days of the Iron curtain. China is a power that counts and the Olympic Games is an incontrovertible event for which Coca-Cola and McDonalds haven't hesitated to pay 100 million dollars to feature among the main sponsors. ... So a boycott is out of the question, nobody is proposing one, not even the dalai-lama in exile. Indeed, boycotting has never proven efficient while it would certainly do a disservice to the athletes themselves. Thus the riposte will be symbolic at most: the absence of a few leaders in the grand stands on opening day. What is more shocking is the IOC's silence. It had banked on the Olympic Games being able to force the Chinese authorities to be more open to questions of human rights. It has clearly failed. We are now left to hope that the CIO will prove stricter in the future, perhaps, why not, with a new charter."

La Tribune - France | 25/01/2007

The role of French businesses in political debate

On the occasion of the presentation on Thursday, January 25th, of the propositions for the presidential elections made by the French employer's association, Mouvement des Entreprises de France (MEDEF), journalist Eric Benhamou highlights the will of businesses to intervene in public debate. "Up until now, business management sought rather to protect itself from public debate, regretting at the same time not being able to influence social questions. The absence of employers around the elections of 1995 as well as 2002 illustrates this reserve. ... This could be the fault of politicians failing to understand what is at stake on a world-wide scale and thus the expectations of businesses. Politicians often respond to this notion by saying that companies are only concerned by their 'business' and that their interests are no longer the same as the nation's. ... The tone has been set. It is time for debate on ideas and responsible social commitment."

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