Pension reform: the decrees implementing the reform adopted in July by the National Assembly are published in the Official Journal. They endorse the extension of the contribution period and the change in the basis for calculating pensions from the 10 best years to the 25 best years. These measures will be phased in over time. Comment on archival documents and images of the daily life of elderly people.
Portrait of Claude DUMAS, a cabinetmaker who dedicates his life to the search for inventions, from the craziest to the most original. He has been awarded several times in the Lépine competition, and is always after funding. The comment on factual images alternates with the interview of the interested person who presents some of his finds gathered in a room filled with bric and broc: the bed lullaby, the living wall, the retractable staircase (which received the Grand Prize of the 1992 Lépine competition), etc.
While hospital reform should be voted on next week at the Assembly, a report at the Fontenoy Hospital in Chartres highlighting the financial, equipment and personnel problems facing this institution. Interviews with Pierre PICARD, president of the medical commission of the hospital in Chartres, Georges VIVIER, head of the radiology department and Alain MILLET, general director of the hospital.
Google’s stock market value has just overtaken Apple and is currently the world’s leading stock market value. Alternating factual images, archives, illustration and infographic animation. Interview with financial analyst François CHAULET, general manager of Montségur France.
After Amazon, Google or Apple, this time it is a fast food giant that is accused of tax evasion. McDonald’s, which, according to several trade union federations, has reduced its bill by more than a billion euros in five years in Europe. And France has the biggest tax gap. The European commission has been seized. Commentary on factual images and interviews Pablo SANCHEZ (European Trade Union Federation of Public Services), of a McDonald’s restaurant manager (who refuses to express himself) and excerpt interview of Stéphane Le FOLL (Minister of Agriculture).
On the occasion of a visit to the Renault Cléon plant and the Petroplus refinery site, Arnaud MONTEBOURG denounces the Korean manufacturers "Hyundai" and "Kia" of social dumping and unfair competition. It calls on French consumers to exercise economic patriotism. Extract from the Minister’s statement calling on European citizens and French citizens to think "before buying cars made with low-cost social rights". Interview with the general manager of "Hyundai France", Patrick GOURVENNEC, who says he has trouble understanding these attacks, arguing that the "Hyundai" plants are located in the same places as the PSA or Renault plants: in Turkey or the Czech Republic. Only 10% of sales in France are produced in Korea. Microsiders of customers in the premises of a dealership "Hyundai".
Report on the trial of the Erika in the Court of Cassation where the sentences were confirmed and the Court went even further by deeming that Total was liable for damages, the polluters being the payers. Commentary on factual images, archival images of the oil spill and statement by the lawyers of the civil parties, Corinne LEPAGE and Jean-Pierre MIGNARD, satisfied with this decision, and Daniel SOULEZ-LARIVIERE, Total’s lawyer. Black and white Erika nauffarge rangefinder archive, origin unspecified
Report on the possible consequences of the fine Samsung would be obliged to pay to its competitor Apple. The catastrophe would be that Samsung could no longer sell its products on the American market. Commentary on factual images, with the interview of Anicet MBIDA, deputy editor of "01.Net".
Report devoted to the visit of the socialist candidate to the presidential election François Hollande at the Salon de l'agriculture in Paris. Interview with François HOLLANDE on his proposals on the common agricultural policy and farmers. Farmers' sidewalk.
Report on the consequences of a possible closure of nuclear power plants in France. Example of the municipality of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, in the Drôme, which benefits from the repercussions of the proximity of the Tricastin power station, in terms of local economy and direct and indirect jobs. For their part, environmentalists are defending the idea of alternative job-creating solutions. Commentary on factual images and illustration alternating with interviews of residents and PS mayor of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, Jean-Michel CATELINOIS.
Report on tax optimisation developed by the largest French companies. This type of practice allows them to pay much less taxes and thus deprives France of a large income. The budget rapporteur denounces this practice and hopes that it will change. Commentary on factual images, illustration images and infographic images, and interviews with Gilles CARREZ, UMP deputy of Val-de-Marne and general rapporteur of the budget, and Mathieu PLANE, economist at the OFCE.
Investigation report on the expansion of telecom operators' multi-service offerings, following the announcement of the VAT increase and the subsequent increase in rates. Alternating a commentary on infographic cartons, on illustration and factual images and interviews with the executive director of Orange France, Delphine ERNOTTE-CUNCI, and a member of the consumer advocacy association "UFC-Que choisir", Edouard BARRERO.
The Minister of Labour, Eric WOERTH, presented to the press the measures of the pension reform project. The statutory retirement age will increase progressively to 62 in 2018. The full rate departure age is itself postponed. One aspect also concerns long careers and the arduous nature of work. The commentary on pictures of workers in a mechanical workshop and in a foundry, a baker preparing bread, infographic cartons, alternates with excerpts from the press conference of Eric WOERTH, Minister of Labour.
The mobilization continues against the High Speed Line in the south-west of France. An issue that concerns several regions. There were several thousand last week in the Basque Country and a few hundred yesterday near Toulouse. Commentary on factual images and interviews Alain BELLOC (mayor of Pompignan), Marie-Paule RENALIER (resident of Pompignan), Michel PENAVAYRE (châtelain) and Christian MAUDET (French Railway Network).
Report on the sale on the internet. Meeting with Stéphane TREPPOZ, CEO of Sarenza. Infographic animation on the number of Internet users expected for online purchases that represent a competition for traditional commerce: explanations by Christophe CANN, sales manager of Galeries Lafayette in Paris, by Charles MELCER, Federation for Clothing.
At the World Economic Forum in Davos (Switzerland), a sharp altercation between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN and Israeli President Shimon PERES caused a diplomatic chill between the two countries. Recalling the events that led Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN to leave yesterday a public debate on Gaza and to declare that he would no longer return to Davos: After a long and impassioned plea by Shimon PERES defending the war waged by Israel against Gaza, Mr. ERDOGAN allowed his anger to explode, after being insistently interrupted by the organizer of the debate while he was giving his opinion on the conflict. Excerpts from the words of the two men during their stormy exchange.
Report on the consequences of a liberalization of the location of large supermarkets on the life of small local businesses and on the organization of municipalities. Example of the municipality of Bruz near Rennes where a shopping centre has just been built. Comments on illustrations of the city and shopping center alternating with interviews of a florist, a coffee maker in the city centre, Philippe CAFFIN, mayor of Bruz, and Gwenael PIRON, supermarket manager.
A story about the success of the macaroon, one of the best-selling pastries in this festive season. Commentary on images of the ladurée houses, Hermé and Lenôtre, alternating with the interview of Philippe ANDRIEU, chef patissier at the "Maison ladurée", by Sébastien CLAVERIE, chef patissier at the "Maison Hermé", a client and a participant in a Lenôtre course.