Report devoted to the opening of sales in Paris and to the men who are more and more involved in it. Alternately, commentary on factual images and micro pavement of customers in a Parisian department store.
Reportage The SNCF filed a complaint after the power outages caused by EDF’s CGT activists protesting against the company’s privatization project. Finance Minister Nicolas SARKOZY visited EDF headquarters to meet with unions and employees in a tense atmosphere. Comment on images of the Minister and demonstrators alternating with excerpts from Nicolas SARKOZY’s statement as well as brief interviews of EDF employees in anger.
Reportage Proceedings of the first talks in Cancun on the occasion of the WTO summit and images of demonstrations on the margins of the conference where a South Korean protester took his life by "harakiri". Excerpts from speeches by EU Trade Commissioner Pascal LAMY and interview with Agriculture Minister Hervé GAYMARD.
Prime Minister Jean-Pierre RAFFARIN presented his method of pension reform to the Economic and Social Council (ESC) in Paris. The commentary on images from the Chamber of the Economic and Social Council alternates with excerpts from the speech of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre RAFFARIN. About the distribution system Jean-Pierre RAFFARIN says: "[...] it is the immobility that kills the distribution and it is the reform that can save it". He goes on to talk about the public service pension system. He talks about harmonization in some cases in terms of the number of years of contributions.
The Prime Minister announced a relaxation of the switch to 35 hours for SMEs with fewer than 20 employees. To be clear, an order in council should authorize a larger quota of overtime than was originally planned. An announcement that does not satisfy the professionals of the hotel-restaurant, example in a Parisian brewery. Comment on factual images and interviews Laurent ANON (patron of the bar "Les Abers"), Ghislaine LETESSIER and Rose-Marie GUEDMI (waitresses)
Un projet gouvernemental va être mis en place pour lutter contre les arrangements fiscaux des entreprises d'Internet comme les sites "Airbnb" ou "Amazon". Une initiative franco allemande est envisagée pour l'harmonisation fiscale en Europe. Un extrait de la déclaration de Bruno Le Maire ministre de l'économie et des finances, et l'interview de Guillaume Duval, rédacteur en chef de "Alternatives économiques", alternent avec un commentaire sur images d'illustration et images d'infographie.
Report on the explosion in the Flamanville power station in the English Channel, with no consequences for the nuclear reactor’s activity. Alternating factual images, interviews with Stéphane BRASSEUR (EDF director of the Flamanville power plant) and Cyrille CORMIER (Greenpeace France energy campaign manager).
Report on the agreement reached in the Spring on labour on Sunday, after six months of negotiations. Comment on factual images and illustration images, infographic presentation of the counter parties obtained by the employees and interviews of Georges DAS NEVES (UNSA Printemps) and of employees with split opinions.
Report devoted to the Automotive Worldwide and the vehicles that can be envisaged in the future. Update on technological developments in figures. Commentary on factual images, archives and infographics alternating with the interview of Bruno ARNOUD, Novateam car trainer.
A report devoted to the decline in growth in China, resulting in the closure of many factories. Commentary on images of a move, a shopping centre and a stock exchange illustration alternating with interviews with Mr LIU and Liang ZUOSHENG, workers whose factories have just closed, and Christophe DESTAIS, economist.
Explanations of figures published by INSEE in a study on immigration in France: net migration in 2006 and 2013, higher arrivals and departures in 2013. Comment on a montage of illustration images and infographic cartons.
Report devoted to prototypes of ultra-low-consumption cars presented at the Paris Motor Show. Comment on factual images and illustration alternating with the interview of Laurent TAUPIN, Renault project manager.
In an interview granted to the magazine Le Point before his appointment, the Minister of Economy Emmanuel MACRON pronounces himself in favour of derogations from the law on 35 hours. With these words, the new minister provoked an outcry among the socialists gathered in La Rochelle for their summer university. Commentary on illustration images, archival images and infographics alternating with interviews with Jérôme GUEDJ, President PS of the General Council of the Essonne, and Yann GALUT, MP PS.
Presentation of the results of the INSEE statistics for the year 2013. In 2013, 7,000 same-sex couples married, or 3% of marriages of the year. Population growth fell by 1.34%, or less than two children per woman. Comment on factual images, illustration images and archival images alternating with interviews with Pascale BREUIL, head of demographic and social studies at INSEE.
In the UK, James HOWELLS, a British computer scientist, searches a computer dump in the Newport area of Wales to try to find the hard drive of his computer that he recently threw away. A hard drive that contains the data needed to recover thousands of bitcoins acquired in 2009, a virtual currency used on the web, and whose current value of its 7500 bitcoins would amount to more than 5 million euros.
Report on the French nuclear fleet, which comprises 58 reactors: distribution, age and power of power stations. The consequences of a nuclear shutdown as advocated by the agreement signed between the Socialists and the Greens. Reactions from Valérie PECRESSE, Minister of the Budget, and members in the corridors of the National Assembly, who talk about the repercussions in terms of cost and employment. Commentary on graphic images, geographical map and infographic, alternating with the intervention of Valérie PECRESSE and the interviews of Hervé MARITON, deputy UMP, and Christian BATAILLE, deputy PS.
A few months before the changeover to the euro, what are the reactions of consumers to the new European currency? The film crew travelled to a large area and bakery to gather testimonials from customers about price increases they observed or did not observe as they approached the change of currency. Comments on factual images and microsidewalk.
Justice invalidated a 1993 social plan that called for the elimination of 121 Samaritan positions. All laid-off persons could theoretically return to their former jobs. Comments on plans for the Parisian department store alternate with an interview with Jean-Michel GILBERT, assistant secretary of the Samaritan works council.
A camping site for new businesses is set up in Paris, at Brongniart Palace. Young entrepreneurs have set up shop in the former stock exchange premises, which have become an accelerator for start-ups specializing in new technologies. Comment on images of the premises and people working there alternately with interviews of Marie-Vorgan LE BARZIC, general delegate Silicon Sentier, the Camping and Benjamin, co-creator of Kawet, site to create its smartphone application.