Liberté, égalité, fraternité - There is a power in the union
By Vicki Morris On 29 June the French parliament voted a change in the status of the public owned national power company EDF-GDF (Electricité de France-Gaz de France). EDF-GDF became a sort of "société anonyme", a joint-stock company, open to 30% private capital. Private shareholders can in future reap profits from the labour of the EDF-GDF employees. In time, no one doubts, the government's plan is to open the entire company to private capital, until it is wholly privately owned - until it is privatised, in short! The vote in parliament was no surprise: the right-wing government of prime...