Countries of the euro, torn on the path of growth and the cost of austerity, are virtually unanimous on Greece. All institutions and capital combined, the pressure is on Athens and a government may be found, but already called upon to choose between honoring its commitments and the abandonment of the euro.

The hypothesis of a rupture between Greece and the common currency had found adherents in late summer 2011 at the height of the dealings between the former Papandreou government and its creditors. After two years of bailouts and broken promises, the scenario is no longer taboo. But never before EU officials had protested as loudly as the "Grexit," as they say in the markets, could be, after all, the least bad solution.

Usually consensus, the Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso, opened fire ensuring that "better" than Greece leaves the club money if it does not follow the law. Olli Rehn, his right arm, drives the point home by explaining that the eurozone is now better positioned to absorb the impact. Clearly, Athens would have no means of blackmail with its creditors. For the euro area, the Commissioner insists, "there is no way" to ease the second recovery plan, agreed in March.

In terms of capital, the German Wolfgang Schaeuble wanted to give the "A". The euro area, he said, "can support an output of Greece." And the ECB, two governors abound. If Athens does not say, "there is more reason to support it financially," Jens Weidmann advance, also head of the Bundesbank. From Ireland, a country itself on life support, his colleague Patrick Honohan said that Greece "is ipso facto recover money from the block" if it renounced the word. A set of targeted preceding the appointment of the Eurogroup, on Monday evening in Brussels.

Facade of unity

The message is more political than financial: it is to bring the Greeks – mostly attached to the single currency, according to polls – to withhold their support for extremists and to open their eyes to the illusions that make the soft budget compatible with the euro. Nothing says that this move will lead to the desired result. There is no guarantee that an outflow of Greece would benefit its partners, beyond the political failure it would spend for the common currency and the EU as a whole. Council President Van Rompuy, more nuanced, notes that "the solution to the crisis is growing in Europe."

The puzzle Greek allows at least a facade of unity with leaders of the common currency. At the Eurogroup, two other cases may show otherwise divided, at least undecided: first, how to behave with respect to Spain, apparently unable to meet the target of a budget deficit reduced 3% in 2013, then a game of musical chairs constantly postponed at the head of financial institutions of the EU. Are concerned at least four sensitive positions: President of the Eurogroup (for which the German Wolfgang Schäuble is a candidate), the general direction of the new permanent emergency fund SS, a position at the ECB Executive Board and, finally, the Presidency of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). On this seat, Paris and Berlin diverge, to the despair of many Europeans. French side, the absence this Monday night at the Eurogroup of finance minister – Baroin, outgoing holder of the portfolio, did not go to it – will add to the inertia.

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Finally! Nearly three years after entering into partnership, the Alliance Search, research online, the Microsoft and Yahoo! extend to Europe. The operation aims to add Internet searches conducted since those of Yahoo! Bing, the search engine from Microsoft.

This partnership aims to bridge the delay between the two groups facing Google. They desperately need to increase their market share. First, because the algorithms used by search engines feed on queries made: most recent, the stronger the results will be relevant by users.

By capturing more online research, Search Alliance also aims to improve the profitability available to online advertisers and attractiveness. Furthermore, this joint platform simplifies the management of advertising campaigns for advertisers. Thursday, May 4, customers advertising French, British and Irish Yahoo! Search have been switched on the Microsoft platform Adverstising Center. The next step will concern Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

On paper, this combination has many advantages, including simplification, and the advantage of offering an alternative to Google. The only problem is that people do not follow. In the U.S., Google holds nearly two-thirds of the market for online search. Just over 80% in France.

The CEO of Yahoo! lied on his CV

In addition, the deployment of this agreement is particularly slow. Especially in a world that is changing as rapidly as the Web. While Google reflects on responses to set up facing the rise of Facebook, Search Alliance is still looking to counter Google.

And for good reason. The agreement between Microsoft and Yahoo! on-line search was concluded in July 2009. Two years after having negotiated, Carol Bartz, Yahoo! CEO then, decided to suspend operations because of disappointing results, especially for sponsored links. Since then, Carol Bartz was dismissed with loss and noise, before being replaced four months later by Scott Thompson.

But Yahoo! unlucky. Only the group he was commended for a new CEO is a scandal erupted on May 3 Scott Thompson lied on his resume. The man claims to computer science graduate from a prestigious university. It actually has a degree in accounting. The information was revealed by Dan Loeb, head of a fund activist who is seeking seats on the board of Yahoo!. And now, the head of the new boss. If he defends himself by noting that it is just a simple "failure", that is not enough to silence the fire from critics.

United States, we do not mess with the lie. This controversy could not come at a worse for Yahoo!. Already analysts are betting on a possible resignation.

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The egg becomes a scarce commodity. Since the entry into force on 1 January of a European directive amending the conditions for laying hens, egg production in France fell 18% in mid-March, after falling 10% in 2011 . "About 5% of farmers have failed to comply with standards on time and no longer have the right to produce," says the National Committee for the Promotion of the egg (CNPO). At the abeyance of some poultry houses, plus the time needed for hens, very prone to stress, to adapt to their new environment and get back to spawn, the producers note. Other countries are affected, such as Spain, Italy, Germany or the UK. In total, Europe suffers from a deficit of 200 million eggs a week.

Faced with this shortage, manufacturers of biscuits, cakes and pasta are worried. They are now buying their eggs at prices 66 to 100% higher than a year ago. "Supply is a real problem," said Romain Nouffert, Managing Director of Lesieur, the French number one edible oil, which provides an increase of 5 to 6% of the price of mayonnaise. A fear shared by Philippe Godard, responsible for the development of the Business Federation of French baking and pastry (FEBPF). "The proportion of eggs in the total composition of revenues may represent 15 to 30% of the total, depending on the product," he says. "The cost may no longer be acceptable or even tolerable, if the rise continues, especially as it adds to the high price of durum wheat," is alarmed, for his part, Christine Petit, Secretary General Union of Industrial Pasta Manufacturers of France (SIFPAF), who represents Lustucru Pastacorp.  

Denouncing "the inertia of the European authorities," the industry is calling for urgent action, particularly for the import of egg products. "If the situation continues, some companies at risk of bankruptcy in four to six months," warns the FEBPF and SIFPAF, associated with the manufacturers of Biscuits and Cakes France, the Union of Bakery crispy and chewy and the Association of food companies developed (ADEPALE) poor credit personal loans. This sector includes more than 104,000 direct jobs in France for a turnover exceeding € 18.3 billion.

The French could pay the bill

The equation is further complicated for manufacturers that they can not pass on the soaring prices of the egg on the shelves, being bound by contracts with the annual distribution. "When you know that 90% of cookies are sold in supermarkets and hypermarkets, we measure the challenges of this situation," says Philippe Godard. Distribution, however, considers that this crisis is temporary. "Our goal is to preserve the purchasing power of consumers and ultimately for the entire industry, sales volumes of these products in store," says Mathieu Pecqueur, agriculture and quality director of the Federation of Commercial and distribution (FCD). "Manufacturers have certainly been integrated into the negotiations completed in late February the rising cost of egg production, we see that since the end of 2011," he adds. From last year, in fact, farmers were already experiencing an increase in wheat and corn used to feed chickens.

One day or another, however, the French should bear the brunt of this crisis of the egg. "The impact on the labels will, in theory, since the momentary during the egg will soon recede," said Charles Pernin, head of nutrition and health issues at the consumer organization CLCV. "Unfortunately, the shelf prices rarely return to normal," he adds. Ultimately, the French can always follow the latest fashion: invest in a hen to produce their own eggs and thus continue to make cakes.

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In the daily press Lorraine, Nicolas Sarkozy stood this weekend against the attitude of union CFDT ArcelorMittal Florange. "As for the permanent of the CFDT, they betray the trust of employees, has accused President. They came to insult me ​​and try to break my campaign headquarters. Do not confuse the employees of ArcelorMittal, that I will not let go, and trade unionists who are misleading their members by making policy instead of defending the interests of employees. "

The position of the Inter, which includes the CFDT but also the CGT and FO, was clearly inflected in February, when ArcelorMittal's management confirmed that the blast furnaces would restart Florange does not in the second quarter. February 16, Edward Martin, representative of the CFDT in Florange, stated the following: "Florange be the nightmare of government." Similarly, the Inter visited March 15 at the headquarters of candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, although Edward Martin rejects absolutely any act of violence.

"Our members are worried"

Proof of this political positioning, "the CFE-CGC withdrew from the Inter Florange mid-March, because our union wants to totally apolitical," said Francois Pagano, CFE-CGC Section Florange. "Our members are also very concerned about this policy orientation," he says again.

Concern that does not detract from the representativeness of the CFDT and the Inter Florange. In the last elections, in January 2011, the CFDT has confirmed its position as the union on the site. And three members of the Inter unions represent no less than 75% of the vote with a turnout of over 90%!

"On Steel"

Their attitude now very policy may be explained partly by the proximity of the presidential election but also by the discouragement with the government of some trade unionists, still marked by the permanent closure of Gandhinagar in 2009 business card. Result: claims very close to the program of Francois Hollande: "We want the government to ban any dismantling of the site and seeks an industrial partner to take it back," he explains, while participating in a "march of steel ", which covers about twenty employees and must lead them in Paris on April 6.

Except that Lakshmi Mittal, chairman of the steel group, is not this in mind closing the entire site. If restarting the blast furnace is in no way guaranteed, ArcelorMittal announced, as reiterated Nicolas Sarkozy, 17 million euro investment in the coking plant, upstream of blast furnaces, and finishing, downstream. Ads that perpetuate these activities for several years.

The risk of claims is that they are too political cons-productive futures. The example of Liege, whose furnaces have permanently closed at the end of last year, is not reassuring. A report commissioned by the Walloon region and explained earlier this year that "unions have adopted an approach almost exclusively protest, based on the challenge of any permanent changes, the systematic use of the strike, protest against any change in method work (…) which discouraged all the intentions of successive shareholders. "

A risk which seem aware, however stakeholders Lorraine: "There were only four days of blocking the site, precise and Edward Martin. And the plant has resumed normal operations for several weeks. "An information confirmed by ArcelorMittal.

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Friday morning, Francois Fillon, in turn, Francois Hollande accused of lying. The president-candidate Nicolas Sarkozy had criticized Thursday his Socialist rival of "lying day and night" to the French. "It is unfortunately true," added the Prime Minister on Friday morning on RTL.

"I could still hear Francois Hollande said yesterday it had 70 billion euros in gifts to the rich: nobody is able to document this assertion, it's just a lie!" Launched Fillon. "When asked where socialists are these gifts, they are indiscriminately business tax, as if it was a gift to the richest, the VAT on restaurants, overtime …" he listed. He said that "when one wants to be president, you can not base his campaign on lies."

"The tradition of the Socialist Party is to be always left in opposition and governing Liberal rather, on pensions, privatization, taxation," he has pointed out, also calling the candidate of PS being a "conservative defender acquired," which "offers only to keep things as is".

"It is never a mistake to debate its identity"

Asked about the tax shield, Francois Fillon, who like other leaders of the majority is trying to fight against the image of "President of the rich" whose left dons the head of state, held that it this was not an "error in the context of pre-crisis." But it was "inappropriate for a decision from the moment the crisis led us to increase a number of taxes, eliminate a number of tax loopholes and the tax shield which could render all of these unjust decisions" .

The prime minister also regretted the turn of the debate on national identity, while maintaining that "it is never a mistake to debate its identity."

We "always makes mistakes, especially over a period of five years," he admitted. "I told myself it was probably too reluctant to engage the lower cost of labor to be closer to Germany and its competitiveness," he reiterated, referring particularly to the reform of the VAT called "social" as the government finally decided to conduct in the home straight. "We met a number of blocks that have led us to make reforms less ambitious than we wanted," said the Prime Minister.

"The referendum is not a goal, it is a way"

It has justified the willingness of Nicolas Sarkozy to hold referendums if re-elected to, "on some strategic issues", to "overcome these obstacles." "The referendum is not a goal, it's a way. This is not a dirty word in democracy, "said the head of government. "In some cases, simply brandishing the possibility that the intermediate bodies find ways and means of the agreement."

Returning to the idea of ​​a referendum on the unemployed, Francois Fillon said that it was to ask the French if they approve a bill allowing the transfer of 30 billion euros of vocational training to training for job seekers.

Avoid a default of Greece

While a second bailout of Greece is in loopback, the Prime Minister said that "playing the default" of the country would be "grossly irresponsible", recalling that there was "a commitment of the Greek Parliament, of all Greek political forces to these efforts. " "Bankers have agreed to relinquish 70% of loans made to the Greeks. Now we need Europeans to their promises, "he said. The effort required to Greece "are not much larger than those that are the Portuguese, Spaniards or Italians, that they do not burn their capital," he added, referring to the violence that erupted in recent days in Athens.

"We must exclude" Vanneste

On Christian Vanneste, François Fillon expressed the need "exclude" the member of the UMP after her recent statements denying the deportation of French homosexuals during World War II. The member, already known for slippage homophobic, could be ruled Wednesday of the UMP and lose his inauguration to legislation. "We need to exclude the statements he made and we must stop these controversies that hurt entire categories of the French population and divisive," said the Prime Minister.

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In addition to these large volumes, nuclear power is distinguished by its long prices. "In late 1980, Pechiney had wanted to relocate its operations in Canada, where hydroelectric power is a considerable asset.The group ended up staying in France because that EDF was able to make a competitive offer-cons based on the competitive cost of nuclear electricity, "recalls Colette Lewiner, director of international energy and utilities sector at Capgemini payday loan lenders.

Specifically, in its latest "Observatory of European energy markets," Capgemini shows that the electricity in France remains one of the cheapest in Europe. "But to the industrial, the argument prices is not the only criterion. They also want the visibility, the gold price of nuclear electricity are distinguished by their predictability: they are much less sensitive to changes in the price of electricity produced from fossil fuels such as gas or oil, Jean-Jacques Nieuviaert note, Councillor in charge of the overall economy and markets to the French Union of Electricity (UFE).

In a press conference, Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy have shown a very high severity, both in form and substance. "We will not let destroy Europe and the euro," commented Nicolas Sarkozy.The Greeks have to say quickly and clearly if they choose or not to keep their place in the euro area. "

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About 200 flights on the 1000 planned were canceled Saturday. "We have given the forecast. Saturday at midday, only 200 passengers 3,000 were in trouble, "noted the direction of the company. Air France has temporarily limited to 100 passengers the ability of its medium-haul flights from Orly to avoid having to put down passengers for lack of a sufficient number of hostesses and stewards. Result: Passengers waited. This strategy and the delays it caused affected customers were exasperated. "It's a nightmare. We have been waiting seven hours.Of all of the day, Air France plans to cancel 14, according to a spokesman for the airport.

Modified or exchanged for free tickets

Without an agreement this week with management on the number and mode of assessment of cabin crew, six of seven unions called the stewards and stewardesses 15,000 to go on strike for the weekend of All Saints, usually of overcrowding, until Wednesday, November 2 included instant payday loan. In 2007, a similar strike, triggered by the same six unions to the same period, had caused major disruptions. Air France was forced several times to review downward its traffic forecast: 90% of flights expected to be provided the day before, this had increased to 60% during the weekend.

The company called to check passengers before they leave for the airport, on the website of the company, the list of flights canceled or delayed. They also know the traffic forecasts by sending an SMS to 63654 with their flight number. The company also points out that the tickets can be changed or exchanged free of charge.

Air France has apologized to its passengers' taken hostage by a strike that has no purpose. " "We negotiated for ten days, day and night, and responded favorably to 90% of union demands for flight attendants." Jean-Cyril Spinetta, who took over the reins of the group a week ago, sent an open letter to the hostesses and stewards, in which he warns against the dangers of such a strike.

For several months, the pressure rises. French banks are caught between access to dollar funding more difficult and more expensive as well as compliance with the new banking criteria, which leads them to reduce the size of their balance sheets by arbitrating between their trades. Over those that involve the preservation of long-term assets in dollars, typically aircraft.Because the dollar is the currency of reference in aeronautics.

The dollar, currency of

Societe Generale announced in mid-October cut its financing by air. BNP Paribas would seek to exchange air assets against dollar assets denominated in other currencies. Markets are concerned. What would the impact of a withdrawal, even partial, of Airbus, of which 17% of deliveries were financed by French banks in the last 18 months? Indeed, everything is played on delivery. This is when the company spends between 65 and 70% of the price of the aircraft ordered several years ago and for which a timetable has been set following the first installment (5 to 10%) paid at the signing the contract.

Rivers and ground water surrounding the uranium had been contaminated at levels above the standards of the World Health Organization (WHO).The court believes, however, that no "adverse effects on health" or "no damage to the fauna and flora" could not be found.

Acquitted at trial in October 2010 of the offense of "water pollution that caused an adverse effect on health or damage to flora or fauna," the Socatri was convicted Friday by the Court of Appeal of Nîmes , the offense of "discharge of toxic substances into groundwater causing a significant change in the normal operation of water supply guaranteed high risk personal loans." Areva's subsidiary was fined 300,000 euros, to pay 20,000 euros in damages to each of the plaintiffs associations (including Greenpeace and the Nuclear Exit) and 10,000 euros in moral damages to a dozen residents. Of these, several had been forbidden to consume the water they were drawing ground water from their property.Some seeking compensation following the decline in the value of their homes due to the incident.

The Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN), which classified the incident at 1 on the INES scale has seven who had criticized the Socatri him failing initially to provide information on pollution the environment.