Since 1988, quotations have been made on computer and all investors have the same information in real time. This can accentuate the duration of a crisis and the fluctuations of securities, resulting in disconnection with the real economy. Illustration with the former US start-up "amazon.com" which has become the world leader in online sales on the Internet and the Euronext European stock exchange monitoring room, which monitors aberrant stock fluctuations. Interviews with Marc TOUATI (Chief Economist Natexis), Jeff BEZOS (Founding President of Amazon.com) and Christian SIMONET (Euronext Markets Directorate) on market surveillance using supervisory alerts.
Elisabeth GUIGOU, Minister for European Affairs, presented to the National Assembly the draft ratification by France of the Schengen Agreement on the abolition of frontiers in six EEC countries. Alternating of illustration and factual images followed by the interview of Bernard BOSSON, UDC: "I believe that this is a very balanced text that will protect us in a framework of European solidarity from the risks of banditry, drugs".
The increase in the minimum wage is part of one of the first social measures announced by the Mauroy government. Collection of the reaction of André MIGNONAT, boss of Francil Knitting. According to him, this measure would require him to increase all his employees and not only the smicards. Her interview is mixed with images of the factory, including workers working on sewing machines.
Yvon CHOTTARD, Vice-President of the CNPF in charge of social affairs, describes the consequences that an excessive increase in the SMIC could represent: disruption of the wage scale which would lead to an increase in prices and which, at the same time, would further reduce the purchasing power of the most modest households.
Roger BASPARD, Director General of EDF, talks about the consequences of EDF’s nationalization on research in the fields of new energy sources, particularly nuclear energy. 'One of the great advantages of nationalization is that it has enabled research programmes to be concentrated and relatively large sums of money to be spent on it,' he said. In partnership with the Atomic Energy Commission for natural uranium, EDF is developing industrial facilities in Marcoule and Chinon.
Europe and the Schengen Agreements. Members of Parliament and senators meet for the second time this year for a congress at the Palace of Versailles to examine the reform of the Constitution on the right of asylum and to make the Schengen Agreements applicable. Interview with Bernard Pons, president of the RPR group in the National Assembly: "The Constitutional Council is there to tell the law, it is not there to make the law." Interview with Ladislas Poniatowski, UDF. Interview with Michel Charasse, Senator PS.
Produced at the Mondial de l'Automobile in Paris, this report focuses on the position of French manufacturers in the high-end automotive market. Alternating factual images, infographics, and interviews with François ROUDIER (Comité des Constructeurs Français d'Automobile), Fabien NEUVY (director of the Cetelem de l'automobile observatory), and Patrice FRANKE (Director of Exagon France Motors).
Report in Marsas, Gironde, on the noise caused by the passage of high-speed trains on the new high-speed line between Paris and Bordeaux. A petition from the inhabitants asks for additional acoustic protection. Commentary on factual images alternating with interviews with Marie-France FAILLIERES, resident of Marsas, two other inhabitants, and Brigitte MISIAK, mayor of Marsas.
Report on the first commercial trip of the TGV Atlantique. On the Paris-Montparnasse-Nantes route, testimonials of the first passengers. Comment on factual images and passenger reactions.
Report devoted to the seven years of work for the construction of the RER E Eole, a huge construction site that caused damage in the 10th arrondissement of the capital and also greatly exceeded the initial budget. Images of stations and archive images of construction work. Interviews with Alain DAG'NAUD, riverfront of Eole who has still not been compensated for the damages suffered by his housing, Denys DARTIGUES, director SNCF Ile de France and Jean Paul HUCHON, president of the Regional Council of Ile de France.
Interview with industrialist Bernard ARNAULT, following the split of LVMH. He recalls that an industrialist must master finance to develop his business.
While the Minister of Finance, Jean ARTHUIS, is preparing the introduction of the euro which will definitively replace the franc in 2002 in the French portfolio, some cities, like Mortagne-au-Perche (Orne), have taken the lead, Six years before that! Comments on factual images, microsidewalk and interview Jean ARTHUIS.
The Hyundai plant in Korea is trying to reach the European market through low prices thanks to the working conditions of the workers and low-cost traded raw materials.
Report devoted to the price war between the different Internet and telephony operators. In France, debit offers and promotions are multiplying, but it is still difficult to unsubscribe. Specialised websites have been created to help the consumer. A comment on illustration images and infographics alternates with the interviews of Philippe TORRES ("L'atelier numérique") and Jean-Marc MONGUILLET (general manager "Darty Box").
The bicycle is back in vogue because of the oil shock and the shortage of petrol. Comment on factual images, interview of a bicycle manufacturer and microsidewalk of a Sunday sportsman.
The share of mass distribution continues to grow in France, and permanently changes trade. Organized into powerful purchasing centers, it does not pay a patent, is established on large areas on the outskirts of cities with parking increasingly large,
In his traditional interview on 14 July, President Jacques CHIRAC expressed reservations about the shutdown of the Creys-Malville "Superphénix" nuclear power plant (Isère), announced by Prime Minister Lionel Jospin on 19 June.
During an official trip to the Channel Department, home of the Flamanville nuclear power plant and the La Hague nuclear waste reprocessing plant, President Valéry GISCARD D'ESTAING is booed by the audience when he talks about France’s electro-nuclear programme.