Prime Minister Georges POMPIDOU praised the "concessions" resulting from the Grenelle agreements. He first cites the increase in the SMIG, which will increase to 3 francs in June, and then the general increase in wages.
Report on the works of the RER E line that will cross Paris from East to West. At the underground construction site, the team leader and workers testify to the difficulties of their work. Interview with Alain BALAN, director of works of EOLE. Animation in synthetic images of the project of line E.
The extension of the RER E Eole to the West of the Ile de France was announced by Prime Minister Manuel Valls, with an exceptional contribution from the State. Interview by telephone with Stéphane BEAUDET, Vice-President of the Regional Council of Ile-de-France in charge of transport (LR) and interview with Marc PELISSIER, Association Usagers des Transports.
Reporting shot at the Citroën plant in Rennes, belonging to the PSA Peugeot-Citroën group, where workers have the opportunity to propose solutions to improve productivity in exchange for bonuses. If Citroën paid 18 million francs in bonuses to its employees, thanks to them, the company saved 283 million. Meeting with employees who talk about the proposals they made to their management: Maurice BOULLE, production assistant, imagined an windshield washer, Patrick BEDIER, a small mobile battery. Auguste GENOVESE, director of the Rennes production centre, and Serge MAZIERE, manager of Citroën’s suggestions, are also interviewed.
The euro: How traders and bankers are preparing for it and what the consequences of the changeover will be for consumers. Comments on factual images, shopkeepers and interviews Catherine MILLET (Madame "Euro", Crédit industriel d'Alsace et de Lorraine, CIAL) and Daniel ROHFRITSCH (Director of CIAL’s trading hall).
The launch of the euro is getting closer, the government has launched a television advertising campaign and a brochure to make French people aware of the advantages of the single currency. Comments on factual images, and interviews Frédéric LESCURE (Cash desk and IT manager Leclerc), Danièle OSSET and Christine HUET (merchants).
Development of electronic commerce on the web. Alternating factual images, and interviews with Thomas LOT, president of Amazon.fr, Philippe POUTONNET, specialist of online commerce at the Jupiter Research Institute
Report at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris where an exhibition pays tribute to the great designer Cristobal Balenciaga. A comment on images of dresses exhibited alternates with the words of curator Pamela GOLBIN at the Fashion Museum.
Répondant à Nicolas Hulot sur le plateau de l'émission "A vous de juger", le candidat à l'élection présidentielle Nicolas Sarkozy critique la proposition de la candidate Ségolène ROYAL de supprimer la moitié de l'énergie d'origine nucléaire française : "C'est de l'idéologie !". Nicolas Hulot lui répond brièvement : "Les gisements d'uranium ne sont pas chez nous donc le nucléaire, ce n'est pas une totale indépendance énergétique de la France".
The National Assembly has just adopted the bill aimed at the monthly presentation of the SMIC: presentation of its main principles through animations and interview of Christian PONCELET, Secretary of State for Social Affairs, explaining that this measure will protect workers in particular against partial unemployment.
There is a debate about the pension system, for example by proposing the funded pension system to complement the current pay-as-you-go system. Interview with Jean-Marie SPAETH of the Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Vieillesse, and Pierre LAVERSANNE of the U.A.P.
The signing of an agreement on the extension of the supplementary pension to 8 million employees has just been signed by two trade union organizations, CFTC, FO and the French employer. CFTC advises on the benefits of this agreement.
Excerpt from a meeting organized between a couple living with a little more than one SMIC to raise their children and the Minister of Labour, Mr FONTANET, at the origin of the recent reform of the SMIC. The couple asks him: Is it decent to raise children at such a low wage? If the minimum wage is increased, when will they be able to buy a washing machine?
Reactions in a Citroën plant the day after the Grenelle agreements were signed. Interview with Mr. BEAUMONT, CGT delegate at Citroën, who spoke about the increase in the SMIG. For him, this is a "singular progress" since a few months before, the patron general had shown himself reluctant for a simple increase of 2%.
Analysis of the economic impact of the Atlantic TGV 18 years after its launch in Le Mans: development of a business district. Commentary on factual images and interviews with Françoise ROUSSEAU (economic development agency of Le Mans), Marilys LERABLE ("Euroflorist") and micro-sidewalk of TGV users.
Report on the official visit of General DE GAULLE to the Salon de l'Agriculture, at the Palais des Expositions de la Porte de Versailles in Paris. After travelling the spans of the International Agricultural Machinery Show, he discovers the animals (cattle and horses) and stands of the Agricultural Show.