The distribution of national newspapers is disrupted by a strike Wednesday morning, a few hours before the presentation in the Council of Ministers of the reform of the distribution of the press.
Most national newspapers were not available Wednesday morning in Paris, Lyon and Marseille, found AFP journalists. The reason: a strike organized a few hours before the presentation in the Council of Ministers of the reform of the distribution of the press.
"modernizing the legislative environment without breaking the fundamentals that make the press distribution system successful"
The messenger press had launched Tuesday evening, in addition to this 24-hour strike supported by the CGT, a rally in Paris to protest against the reform of the distribution of the press. This reform, which notably plans to open the sector to new players from 2023, to give more leeway to the newspaper merchants and to take into account the digital, must be presented Wednesday morning in the Council of Ministers.
In the midst of a serious crisis of the distributor Presstalis in full restructuring after an umpteenth bailout, the reform changes the Bichet law that regulates the sector since the post-war period. It aims to "modernize the legislative environment without breaking the fundamentals that make the press distribution system a success," Minister of Culture Franck Riester told a press conference.