"Is hereby created, under the name of Agence France-Presse, an autonomous civil entity functioning under commercial rules...". The full text of AFP’s 1957 statutes, translated into English.
All about AFP’s Statutes, initially defined in 1957 and laid down in a French law.
"Is hereby created, under the name of Agence France-Presse, an autonomous civil entity functioning under commercial rules...". The full text of AFP’s 1957 statutes, translated into English.
Final reading for a new law which makes deep changes, some of them demanded by the European Commission
This text, signed in December 2008 by the then CEO, Pierre Louette for four years, sheds a lot of light on the relationship between AFP’s technocratic managers and the state.
New wording recognises EU-inspired "service of general economic interest"
The European Commission steps into the battle over AFP’s future, citing EU competition rules
A French senator from Nicolas Sarkozy’s UMP Party has launched a private member’s bill aimed at making fundamental changes to AFP’s statutes. Available here, an English translation of the "Statement of Aims" from that bill, and other key documents including the full text of the existing statutes.
The preamble from Pierre Louette’s official report, translated into English
Translated extract from the official Giazzi Report, which calls for "the transformation of AFP into a joint-stock company"