Verdades actuais

A propósito da reconstrução francesa, do Gaulismo, do período de grande crescimento económico até meados dos anos 70, depois da derrota de Maio/Junho de 1940:
«The origin of the Planning Commission was a memorandum presented to de Gaulle by Jean Monnet, warning that France had the choice between economic modernization or decadence. If France did not choose modernization, Monnet said, it risk being reduced to the rank of Portugal or Spain, living on past glory.»

In The Fall of France, The Nazi Invasion of 1940; Julian Jackson; Oxford University Press