MEPs call for the formation of a "strategic holding company" that can "play the role of leader and facilitator" France Télévisions said it would only react after the publication of the report on Wednesday. "We must revolutionize public broadcasting," said Jean-Jacques Gaultier, who also intends to "strengthen its specificities, consolidate its independence and perpetuate its financing," said the report's authors.

The proposals are in line with the 2009 law, wanted by Nicolas Sarkozy, abolishing advertising.