What has untied some languages internally

"U n moral harassment managerial showing his face but does not say his name..." By writing these words with the intention of its new shareholders ("Les Echos" of yesterday), the Director of "world", Eric Fottorino, threw light flood on the atmosphere in the corridors of the major newspaper in the evening. The pole of independence, which brings together companies of personnel including the SRM (society of editors of the world) and SDL (society of readers) met yesterday with Louis Dreyfus, Matthieu Pigasse Advisor (one of the three purchasers of the "world" with Pierre Bergé and Xavier Niel) to its sense of a "real urgency" to clarify the governance of the group.

"Brutal methods".

In this letter disclosed Tuesday evening by Mediapart (that can be read on lesechos.fr), Eric Fottorino denounces brutal and questionable methods. He alleged that Louis Dreyfus and to Michaël Bou-kobza, former right arm of Xavier Niel in Free mandated the "world" to reduce costs, "deprive the Board of any management function, to negotiate a budget without his approval, to implement the restructuring that expose it. A letter sent to all shareholders and widely distributed since. What has untied some languages internally.

"What is happening is very serious." "Louis Dreyfus and Michaël Boukobza have no statutory mandate to make these decisions", is close to the Executive Board.

During his meeting with the pole of independence, yesterday morning, then with the direction of writing, yesterday afternoon, Louis Dreyfus assured taking no decision management and established members of the Executive Board in copy of each email sent regarding the group. Among the decisions having grind teeth internally, the expense limitation or removal of the majority of the cars in service. Teams recognize the need to achieve savings, but the brutal methods used, unusual in the House, shocked some. "The buyers risk losing the immense credit that they had arrived." It was sufficient to explain their decisions rather than apply them brutally. "Similarly, the direct replacement of the current Executive Board might have been better experience that these measures, which seem to have other purpose than to push at the start", judge a member of the pole of independence.

"A point of no return".

If Eric Fottorino and David Guiraud, Vice-President of the Executive Board of the group, are currently still in post, it seems more and more difficult to imagine that they can work with confidence and in harmony with the new shareholders. "Eric Fottorino letter appears to be a point of no return," said a journalist. If the name of Louis Dreyfus was widely circulated to resume management of the group, no consensus emerges for the possible replacement of Eric Fottorino as Director of the daily. So statutorily must receive the approval of 60 of the members of Mrs.

The Supervisory Board of December 15 should provide some answers. His agenda includes "entry to the Executive Board of a new Member of the Executive Board" - it could be of Louis Dreyfus - and should especially announce the main strategic lines of the buyers for the group. "Yet strategic decisions, for example, on printing, advertising Board or even the development of the Internet", is impatient a member of the pole of independence. The same meeting should endorse the appointment of Pierre Bergé to replace Louis Schweitzer to the chairmanship of the Supervisory Board.