Question 5830 — press and books

Summary

Mr. Quentin Bataillon draws the attention of the Minister of Labor, Full Employment and Integration to the nature of the contributions due by French press companies for French professional journalists working for them abroad. For the good information concerning events taking place abroad as well as for the reliability of the information reported in the French media, the presence of French journalists professionals, correspondents abroad, is essential. However, the social protection of freelance journalists working abroad for French media, sometimes in very precarious security conditions, is not optimal and plunges them into a situation of increased precariousness. According to article L. 7112-1 of the labor code, any agreement by which a press company ensures, in return for remuneration, the assistance of a professional journalist, is presumed to be an employment contract. However, the application of this article seems to vary depending on the press companies: some consider that this provision leads them to have to pay social security contributions on the basis of a French employment contract for their French journalists established abroad while others exempt themselves from it. Thus, many freelance journalists who have since ensured abroad the international coverage of the media find themselves in difficulty and unable, in view of their often variable and low salaries, to join the Fund for French People Abroad which could provide them with social security coverage but would be too high for them. He wishes to question him about the nature of the contributions owed by French press companies for professional journalists French speaking on their behalf abroad as well as the taking into account of their income for the creation, at the Caisse des Français de l'enseignement, of a dedicated medical coverage offer, at appropriate rates.

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