Report on the security measures put in place by the police for New Year’s Eve. Commentary on images of illustrations in several French regions, alternating with the interview of Brice HORTEFEUX, Minister of the Interior, a police officer in the fields and a micro-sidewalk.
The essential flowers of All Saints are of course chrysanthemums. But many today choose other varieties, such as thoughts or cyclamen, to bloom the graves. Production of chrysanthemums is down compared to previous years. Reporting in Rungis, at the flower market. Comment on factual images, micro-sidewalk and interviews Louis STAMENS (horticulturist), Rodolphe LEDOC and Bekky ZIDANE (florists).
Pacing for the best, for the worst and for the tax benefit... Since it has been known that the bill will be abolished as of 2012, couples are rushing into the courts. Applications are twice as large as usual at this time and there are even waiting lists. Comment on factual images and interviews Catherine LEMOAL (Chief Registrar at the Paris Court, 8th) and Gilles ETIENNE (Heritage Expert Cyrus Conseil).
A French state document dated October 1940 and annotated by Marshal Pétain himself was found and authenticated. In this writing he took the initiative to strengthen and harden the anti-Semitic character of the status of the Jewish community of the time. Commentary on factual and archival images, photos and interviews by Jacques FREDJ (Director of the Shoah Memorial) and Serge KLARSFELD (President of the Association of the Sons and Daughters of the Jewish Deportees of France).
Report devoted to the custody of photographer Francois-Marie BANIER and the wealth manager of billionaire Patrice de MAISTRE. This is a new episode in the Bettencourt case, between Liliane and her daughter, Françoise BETTENCOURT-MEYERS. After the hearing of Eric WOERTH, Patrice de MAISTRE was heard as part of the investigation into the content of the clandestine taps. He had already been interviewed on 15 and 16 July, at the same time as the artist François-Marie BANIER, the lawyer Fabrice GOGUEL and Carlos VEJARANO, the manager of the island of Arros in the Seychelles. Comment on factual images interspersed by the interview of Olivier METZNER and Liliane BETTENCOURT.
New twist in Woerth Bettencourt: Claire Thibout, Liliane Bettencourt’s former accountant, revisits some of her statements to the finance department, particularly those made on the Médiapart website. Commentary on archival images, illustrations and interviews. Me Georges KIEJMAN, lawyer of Liliane Bettencourt, affirms that Mme Thibout lies because "she feels hurt". François BONNET, editorial director of Mediapart, assures that Claire Thibout’s comments have been faithfully transcribed and believes that she is currently under "extreme pressure".
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the call of June 18 of General DE GAULLE, ceremony in Colombey-Les-Deux-Eglises (Haute-Marne). Comment on factual images and interviews Pascal BABOUOT (mayor of Colombey), Marinette (manager of a souvenir shop) and micro-sidewalk.
Reportage. Back on the Robert Boulin case, former Minister of Labour of President Giscard d'Estaing, found dead in a pond of the Rambouillet forest in 1979. Announcement of the disappearance of original seals from the file that were kept in a vault of the Public Prosecutor’s Office. Commentary on factual images and archive images alternating with interviews with Didier ALLARD, spokesperson of the General Prosecutor’s Office, Fabienne BOULIN BURGEAT, daughter of Robert BOULIN, of Me Olivier MORICE, lawyer of the family BOULIN.
Report dedicated to the beatification, today in Warsaw, of Polish priest Jerzy POPIELUSZKO, chaplain of the Solidarnosc union murdered 25 years ago by the police of the communist regime. Portrait of the priest. Commentary on factual images and archival images (testimony of Marianna, mother of Jersy POPIELUSZKO) alternating with a Polish microsidewalk.
The Paris Court of Appeal confirmed this morning the sentences against Total and the other defendants concerning the Erika disaster. It even broadens the principle of "ecological harm", but Total is no longer obliged to pay compensation to the civil parties. Commentary on images of illustration, archives and interviews. Daniel SOULEZ-LARIVIERE, lawyer for Total on the rather lenient condemnation of the oil group. Philippe BOENNEC, deputy mayor of Pornic and Corinne LEPAGE, lawyer for the civil parties, find it scandalous that Total escapes compensation for the civil parties. Allain BOUGRAIN-DUBOURG, president of the animal protection league (LPO) is very satisfied with the recognition of the ecological harm in this disaster.
Report on the visit of the President of the Republic Nicolas Sarkozy to the Paris Agricultural Fair. Images of Nicolas Sarkozy talking with young farmers. Extract from the reaction of Nicolas SARKOZY at the press conference at the Salon: "Of course, greeting booths, ranchers, this is part of the tradition, of folklore... but at last, listen, it is not to the number of hands tight that we will solve the problem of farmers... ".
Report to London (Great Britain) on the occasion of the Afghanistan Conference during which the Afghan President, Hamid KARZAI, tried to rally the international community to its new strategy of reintegration into the political life of the reformed Taliban. Comment on factual and archival images alternating with the statements of Hamid KARZAI (Afghan President), a "moderate" Taliban (sic) and Bernard KOUCHNER (French Foreign and European Minister). Tray in position Jacques CARDOZE.
Report on the first day of the Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, during which French President Nicolas SARKOZY delivered a speech against the derivatives of capitalism. The report consists of a commentary on factual images alternating with the statements of Nicolas SARKOZY, President of the Republic, Georges PAUGET, Director General of Farm Credit, Howard DAVIES, Director of "London school of economics", and a tray of Jean-Paul CHAPEL, special envoy to Davos.
Seven days after the earthquake in Haiti, the American army released tons of food and water for survivors, a sign that international aid is beginning to arrive massively on site. U.S. soldiers in combat gear are deploying with the humanitarian mission to help the homeless, and rescue teams are still releasing survivors from the rubble. A comment on factual images alternates with the interview of General Ken KEEN (commander of the American forces in Haiti).
Review of the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change held in Copenhagen, Denmark. While it was supposed to be an opportunity for the 192 countries that had ratified the Convention to renegotiate an international climate agreement replacing the Kyoto Protocol, no agreement was found. Commentary on images of the conference alternating with excerpts from the statements of Barack OBAMA, President of the United States and the interview of Yann ARTHUS-BERTRAND, director.
Reportage. A few days before the launch of the telethon, Pierre BERGE denounced the methods of this program on France info, which, according to him "parasitises the generosity of the French". He also claims that the AFM has invested the money in buildings. Images et sonore de son intervention sur France info, suivi de la réponse par téléphone de Laurence TIENNOT-HERMENT, président de l'AFM (association française contre les myopathies), which defends any fraudulent use of funds collected during the telethon. Illustration of his remarks on images of laboratory researchers and an extract from a previous edition of the telethon.
Afghanistan, testimony of an Afghan farmer: while he was going to the polling station, the Taliban captured him and mutilated him. In addition, allegations of fraud could alter the expected results of the presidential election. Comment on factual and archival images and interviews Lal MOHAMMAD (victim of the Taliban) and Aminullah HAMKAN (plastic surgeon).
Reportage. The head of state Nicolas Sarkozy has been reassuring vis-à-vis hospital staff, who have been expressing their dissatisfaction for weeks regarding the law on the reform of hospitals. In a speech he held today at the presentation of the report of the Marescaux Commission on Hospital and University Centres (CHU), he said that no one wanted the hospital to become a business and announced that they wanted to counterbalance the power of directors by a collegial leadership. This advance is not entirely satisfactory to health workers as it concerns only HUCs. Commentary on images of a demonstration of the medical corps of 28 April 2009 alternating with an extract of the speech of Nicolas SARKOZY and with the interview of Professor Olivier LYON-CNEA, neurologist at the hospital of the Pitié-Salpétrière.
Reportage consacré au virus H1N1 ou grippe porcine. Explications sur l'origine de ce virus extrêmement pathogène, de sa mutation à sa transmission à l'homme, et point sur les traitements médicaux actuels. Interview de Bernard Vallat, Organisation mondiale de la santé animale.
Three high school students and their guide were victims of an avalanche today in the Marche pass. A review of the circumstances of the accident and the number of casualties. These could be found quickly because they were equipped with safety beacons. Comment on factual and archival images and infographic intersecting interviews with Cyril NEVEUX (Chief Warrant Officer of the 13th Mountain Regiment) and Lieutenant-Colonel Jean-Claude GIN, by phone (Commander of the Gendarmerie de Savoie).