Two days ago, Arielle Boulin-Prat and Bertrand Renard, historical figures of "Numbers and Letters", lamented their departure from the France 3 broadcast, describing it as
"forced and forced"
.
“A situation of rare violence”
, still described the two accomplices in their joint press release which aimed at France Télévisions.
The response was not long in coming.
The public service group provided some clarification on Tuesday evening.
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After recalling that the program will henceforth be broadcast on weekends, the management assures in its press release that "
Madame Arielle Boulin-Prat and Mr. Bertrand Renard, hosts of this program engaged in fixed-term contracts, have refused to continue their collaboration under the new conditions offered to them
.
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“
Many exchanges have indeed taken place since June with them, with regard to the new programming of the show and their situation.
They were offered an increase in their fee to compensate for a significant share of the drop in the number of issues.
Madame Boulin-Prat and Monsieur Renard refused
it, ”we can still read in this long text.
And to add that the recourse to CDD of use is “
authorized and practiced by the whole of the profession
”.
"
This is due to the fact that the renewal of a program in a grid is re-examined each year
", it is specified.
“Ariele Boulin-Prat and Bertrand Renard have never applied for permanent contracts before”
The management of France Televisions
France Télévisions finally dwells on the contracts of the interested parties.
“
Madame Boulin-Prat and Mr. Renard worked approximately 35 to 40 days a year, grouped into 6 to 8 sessions
, he is reminded before summarizing.
They therefore did not collaborate under the conditions of a full-time permanent contract
.
Also according to the press release, “
these contractual terms have been renewed from year to year by mutual agreement.
The duo has never before applied for a CDI
.
France Télévisions says it "
regrets
" this situation and hopes to "
continue discussions
" with them to "
accompany the end of their career to the extent of their commitment during all these years
".
When the duo's departure was announced last week, Alexandra Redde-Amiel, head of entertainment and games at France Télévisions, made the same statements to Le
Parisien/Aujourd'hui en France
.
“
We did not refuse the supposed new version of the game since it was never presented to us”
, Bertrand Renard and Arielle Boulin-Prat had reported in their press release which also denounced a salary cut of around 60 % and a refusal of CDI agreement.
“We have been on fixed-term contracts for 36 years for Arielle and 47 years for Bertrand... We don't exist even though we are on the air every day.
This regularization was flatly refused, without explanation.
It is humanly unacceptable before it is legally
"complained those who will be on the air until September 11 on France 3 before being notably replaced by the former champion of the game Sébastien Crosnier.
