A few months after the oil crisis of October 1973, Pierre MESSMER, first minister, announced that France would launch the construction of 13 nuclear power plants of 1,000 megawatts each. He points out that these 13,000 megawatts represent all the electrical energy available in 1962.
Survey of cyber-entrepreneurs, pioneers of the year 2000 business: Internet is their farwest. Portrait of these new entrepreneurs. Interviews with Marianne RIPP (Program Director) and Alexandre SIRECH (Chateaunet CEO).
The sharp fall of some stock market indices has given rise to fears among investors in the "net" economy. Interview with Philippe de PORTZAMPARC (CEO Portzamparc Stock Exchange Company) and Robert COHIGNAC (small holder).
In large supermarkets, the changeover to the single currency had been prepared for weeks or even months. The signage, the crates and their hostesses, everything was in place. Not the slightest wind of panic, for example in Lille, where the cashiers demonstrate pedagogy and the number of open cases has been increased. Comment on factual images, reactions of cashiers and customers and interview of a store manager.
Reportage, en gare de Paris-Montparnasse, consacré au départ du premier train commercial sur la nouvelle Ligne à Grande Vitesse en direction de l'Ouest. Réactions de passagers.
[Source France 3 Regions]: back to the future and back to border controls ... we had turned the page a long time ago ... but with the approach of the Cop 21 the controls resume ... 120 policemen mobilized with us this Friday COM This is a mandatory stop that everyone had forgotten. We are on the Franco-Belgian border, which was no longer materialized here for more than 20 years. Over the course of two hours, 13 border police officers reinstated identity checks on largely understanding motorists. The Schengen Agreements allow these temporary checks during exceptional events such as COP 21 in order to avoid any intrusion of individuals deemed dangerous. But it’s out of the question to close the border or go back. In this parking lot, for example, police will systematically check all the vehicles, even where it was a border crossing 20 years ago, there are still vestiges of it on the side of the road. These controls could, as at the time, slow down traffic.
In three years, we will change century and millennium. An important date for the computer specialists responsible for ensuring this transition on software that did not anticipate this situation. Commentary and factual images alternate with the explanations of Michel GUILLOT, CEO of easier, IT company.
Topic dedicated to the first Tarnese start-up: Weez, a website specializing in all passions in several fieldss. Comment on images of the members of the company at work in their premises alternating with the interview of Grégory CUQ, one of the associates of the company.
During a hospital staff demonstration, a young woman reads a text calling for sufficient staff to run the public hospitals and open the 540 closed beds at the CHU de La Timone in Marseille. In an interview with Simone VEIL, she said she would soon announce measures in this regard.
Sheets and linen are the subject of special sales, in addition to traditional sales. Alternating a micro-sidewalk of customers and images of merchandise sold.
Energy savings also come from the road: an explanatory subject on the measures taken by the government to reduce fuel consumption on French roads following the oil crisis.
Ardennes: Final shutdown of the reactor at the Chooz A nuclear power plant, the first pressurized water plant in France. Comment on factual and archival images and interview André SENNE (director).
Public hospital malaise and national day of protest for staff who disagree with the reform project of Minister Roselyne Bachelot. Demonstrations were held all over France, including in Auvergne, particularly in Puy-en-Velay, where about 200 people found themselves in front of the prefecture. In the line of sight: the bill "Hospital Patient Health Territories", several aspects of which are criticized by the unions. A law that according to them, advocates "the company hospital" and opens the possibility to privatize the missions of Public Service. Interview at the Emile Roux hospital, where the movement was fairly well followed, by Dr Stéphanie SAMUEL, spokesperson for the hospital practitioners' collective and Huguette JULIEN, CGT delegate.
On 30 September 1990, the southwest section of the TGV Atlantique carried its first passengers between Paris and Bordeaux. This faster mode of transport was a great success with 1.6 million passengers in 1991 and 2.4 million at the end of 1999. The market share of the train compared to the plane is 60% for Gironde, 52% for the Basque coast and 34% for Béarn. In 10 years, the offer has gone from 17 to 24 round trips to Paris, Lille and Brussels, and a fifth round trip between Bordeaux and Lille will be created on 3 December 2000. Comment on factual and archival images.
Since zero o'clock this morning, nine new European countries have joined the Schengen area. This is the end of borders and customs controls for these countries. In order to combat crime, the Member States have a computer tool based in Strasbourg.