The last stand of honor Patrick de Carolis
Patrick de Carolis, the current CEO of France Televisions, delivered a truly gallant last stand. On Tuesday, he chaired a board explosive. To begin with, all board members, including state officials, praised the work of Patrick de Carolis and his team for the good results of 2009. Then this wonderful unanimity has shattered a crucial point: the negotiations on the privatization of France Television advertising Advertising tandem with Stephane Courbit-Publicis. The five state representatives have proposed to continue negotiations until the deadline of October 30. Opposite, Patrick de Carolis said it was better to suspend indefinitely.His resolution was finally carried by the votes of the representatives of Parliament (Christian Kert and Michel Thiolli?re), qualified individuals (Patricia Langrand, Jacques Martial, Henriette Dorion-S?b?lou?, Jean-Claude Carriere and Dominique Wolton, who had represented ) and staff representatives (Bignolas Laurent and Serge Guillemin). The five state representatives voted against.
Courbit Publicis-shocked
In doing so, Patrick de Carolis has clearly returned to his successor the responsibility of selling 70% stake in the advertising duo Stephane Courbit-Publicis. But they have not even been notified of the decision. "We are very surprised, even shocked by this decision through the press.We reserve our comments after having read the detailed decisions of the board of France Televisions and their consequences ", responded Tuesday group Publicis and St?phane Courbit.
To justify the suspension of negotiations, France Televisions said that "this decision reflects the substantial uncertainty surrounding the continuation or not advertising for 20 hours." Uncertainty related to the announcement last week by Jean-Francois Cope a draft bill for the maintenance of advertising on public channels day.Officially, Luc Chatel, a spokesman for the government, and, informally, the Elys?e is opposed to this initiative and expressed their willingness to go through with the reform and to stop advertising completely online cash advance .
However, Patrick de Carolis said he never received clear answers to the letter sent in February to Fran?ois Fillon and Christine Lagarde, on whether or not to advertise during the day. As an entrepreneur, he felt he had therefore no certainty about the finances of France Televisions beyond 2011. And as a future ex-head of France Televisions, he wanted to make a last act of resistance.
Patrick de Carolis presided over probably the last board of directors.It is precisely to go through with the reform of public broadcasting that the Elysee considered, at the end of last week to expedite the appointment of new president of France Televisions. Alexandre Bompard, the current CEO of the radio station Europe 1, is considered a favorite.
June, when crucial
If a new president was appointed in the coming days, he would take the lead group after its approval by the Higher Audiovisual Council and Parliament. This can take between one and two months. Her inauguration would take place well in mid-June
However, on June 7 is a very important date. It is the legal term of social negotiations on the new collective agreement unified group France Televisions. Negotiations opened since June 2009. "We understand the desire of the State to soon introduce a new team.And, a priori, we are open to any new president of France Televisions, whatever it is, although we'd prefer someone who knows public broadcasting, "said Jean-Francois TEALDI, Secretary General the SNJ-CGT, France Televisions. "But it does not let the new leadership to resume negotiations from scratch. It must take account of progress already made, "he says.
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