SOS AFP : pour l’indépendance de l’Agence France-Presse
"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.
AFP and Its Statutes
All about AFP’s Statutes, initially defined in 1957 and laid down in a French law.
Full Text of AFP’s Statutes in English April 2015: Final act in a radical reform of AFP’s Statutes Final reading for a new law which makes deep changes, some of them demanded by the European Commission
The 2009-13 "Aims and Means Contract" with the French State (translated extracts) 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.
February 29, 2012: Key article of AFP statutes is changed to accommodate European Union New wording recognises EU-inspired "service of general economic interest"
2011: A Competition Complaint from a German News Agency brings a Letter from the European Commission The European Commission steps into the battle over AFP’s future, citing EU competition rules
The Legendre draft law: union factfile 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 Louette Report: "Turning AFP into One of the World’s Information Leaders in the Digital Age" The preamble from Pierre Louette’s official report, translated into English
September 2008 : Official Report Calls for AFP to be Privatised Translated extract from the official Giazzi Report, which calls for "the transformation of AFP into a joint-stock company"
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