a senior executive said happily in his private jet after just pulling off quite a coup. he has secretly initiated the sale of one of france's biggest companies. even so before landing into the bush he becomes quite disillusioned the agreement has been leaked to the media taken by surprise he now has to justify his actions. even take it or he knows that a government member is waiting for him. minister of the economy is demanding an explanation how dare he sell without consulting the state the deal must be cancelled the c.e.o.'s refusal threatens

a social tensions rise and it's pointed out that the minister has already broken other bosses and their dreams and he will be next this is the last time he will stand in his office or inside the ministry this is the coffee cup of a convicted man. two months later and after a fierce jewel the two men meet again same office different atmosphere. the ministers stand straight and tall but is stunned and defeated the last in the show of strength with the c.e.o. his defeat is also france's defeat. the c.e.o. is patrick cronin. the company sold to the u.s. without consulting the french. in a deal that was sealed in circumstances where the of a spy novel from prying eyes and public opinion on. the sale deals a terrible blow to french into. and it's energy independence today this affair of

state is shrouded in a deafening silence. alstom story begins in the city of bell thought this is where the company was born in eight hundred seventy two and since then it has literally shaped to the region initially gold as a c.m. the alsatian corporation of mechanical engineering the company adopted the name else dumb in nine hundred twenty eight when it merged with the company francaise thomas hoost and ever since then else dumb has played a major part in many major french projects it designed the propulsion system for the normandy then the world's fastest liner and connected france to spain by building a train tunnel under the pyrenees and then built the turbo generators for the biggest power station in the world a gemini but for the people of bell fort else dome is so much more to deal

a ticket cost you distance your mental us from the full bore from all the voyage usually too good to teach early. this year in the seat of rope two days into this one will marshals on the tonight have to be privy to the universe we. will be thrilled if you. get to d.l. . bank do they you know and these are two hundred. in about a little while is this a pharmacist. in june one thousand forty four france had been freed but almost destroyed by four years of war contributes to the political project of rebuilding and modernizing the country to put it teach us the free me don't do. as i've been sheep. you pointed out it's not any good enough look if you don't it will if you want. to. get anything out loud you don't need to do that is three.

so either she omitted that because there be no lot of ideas begin the plan now we need. it pre-dawn to do men. time or. this would prove as we see that milledge this genie. that genius brings the group international recognition and it will enjoy a golden age from the one nine hundred sixty s. own words dogs are now they live off the yeah. it's. been six thousand now. but the nineteen nineties is when the fall begins a series of strategic errors led the group to bankruptcy in two thousand and three . which is a nice for the. book evolved. beach in.

this show and looked as if who. did all top he's sure to move about as one say l. stone bounced back spectacularly in two thousand and seven the group recorded the best figures in its history boosted by the t.g.v. as historic speed record worldwide by eight hundred million viewers why then in two thousand and fourteen did everything suddenly change on the morning of the twenty fourth of april bloomberg revealed that in a surprise move else dome was selling its energy branch which accounted for three quarters of the entire group to the american giant general electric and the economy minister at the time. is done. your song three year. joe. thank you. i'm working with the end of two.

year has sequester both in. a system. now the flow on do not use the force as a stone put it on to party. accounting generally take the infamous you i don't get it even if the nationals and then again in the creeks and they need to do. quite on the throne then under st paul says our no money to burn and whether been questioning patrick grown over his intentions for months with his back to the wall his reaction is a media and a particularly strong among. and. in a cover care but take on those for whom he said to me that the dubious yep is. it to some to moan. divine ness you it took you know what

a fifty years out there are but oh crazy dog to set up cookies could not have flown as shown our emotions by t. call i don't really at all she do most certainly in my sil you small my two did. not mean is totally going to meet. our stylee i did take the most old also be all crazy dog you got job you know policies really. do you love the other no war is declared between the two men and the first battle takes place in a public arena sure to closure it new potential money could own. don't succeed. except i also think if you look at local factors means a lot of these you mean all false so on you i did a google search on to serve in the to food on a missile i storm. the problem such as each suppose it should sit activity in a sheet see to shirk you know but they. this you do on i don't trip over the gulf

shores of course when i press you come among us and. we're going to send you may not gape out just as you this time mrs investor agenda vonnie you to put them on. the give it my nap aim it did me to say that shana don't go well no one book the fight arsenic no professor at others ok i met. up so my affair they tend to poke at it as dome you know person from all. cooked up is so pathetic when my sister felt unable to sway public opinion trick grown receives heavy support from his american partner general electric together they launch a media counter offensive what upon us what if we don't know is that i thought of that awful base that they didn't stand by please call me on cause not demagogue along book six be mad at any of it the exception as one of the big vision is in the early plague if they e-mailed good sources and also all of us all caught on to it by scrooge just all along saying oh it's on the trolley out on the yellow dog out

say israel are always going to face your heart so it's a single building where she had thousands on but now it's like you seriously don't they come to love point to point this in and. says what is that idea that studly cattle and plays mean sell you that stone it meets yes it did of the name and that any other no meant to bug seems helpless against the general electric machine backed by major banks law firms and communications specialists the fight already seems to be lost it on the program. and it is unique as a dentist as soon as tim but in a dramatic twist the minister pulls a new weapon from his pocket and invites himself to the negotiating table you know now to take home one booking point he. key married that then to india no i said not a place probably as most petitions he has termed don't feel you could. city of it

would let us to proceed you know the policy on they have no trust on cuz folks on do not wish to deny should not. this is all i was to. place only only could say we don't. know. them is here now ditto as you've. done it best and if you can are no one to book had achieved an incredible act of shia force he had transformed the general electric alstom pairing into a tripartite partnership with the french state in areas of renewable energy and nuclear power it appeared that french interest and sovereignty had been preserved that us. that they often will discuss them as if they have all the manual that. shows. them oh a clean way yonder to fail said tell us where you and it hasn't bought an equal to please give away still false he saw ruefully there exists

a levee you don't you will know my roof a clean up not that i don't you care politician it to conclusion do not have almost an hour early next you'll move lobbies don't see to not use their own tam's of people these any on june twenty first twenty fourteen the agreement is signed by general electric and the french state the sale has become an alliance at this moment to the battle file storm appears to have been won however we have to go back a few years to understand the stakes. looked up to fourteen months fourteen months in a foreign prison fourteen months of never seen a familiar face. bend and by all still management ignored by patrick grown and forgotten by his country. fourteen months of

wondering when it will end. how did one the high ranking alstom executive lose everything overnight. why is he. who of these men who question him so insistently. want confessions about his company do they want from him. in twenty forty you know bloody revolution here to correct the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be creasing the violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it you know lawyer i mean your list put video would put him in the new bill is that i mean you pulling me out of the former ukrainian president recalls the events of twenty fourteen. those who took the lead in this to do over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals

that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. you know world big part of the new law and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bath and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. what politicians do something. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. some. right the

price is right the three of the more people. interested in the water power. in twenty years has a u.s. department of justice launches an extensive investigation and they suspect the french company of using corrupt practices for more than ten years to will contracts in many countries initial suspicions concern bribes allegedly made to members of the indonesian government in return for the contract to build a power station refuses to cooperate with the u.s. department of justice but the investigation continues regardless and extends to other suspected cases in taiwan saudi arabia egypt and the bahamas systematic and

elaborately corrupt practices are revealed across the globe. fifty feet long. even then. do not answer it as soon as you think that. the victim or do you think. accounting and difficult. to do next you can continue. but if eclipse. then the truth. is that you will go all the way already condemned abroad it's surprising that alstom should simply brush the u.s. prosecution aside else dom's corporate leaders are convinced that the u.s. department of justice has no jurisdiction over events that occurred outside u.s. territory. as. a lot of these.

apoc dogs. use it as you need to be able when you take the a pleasurable us law is the foreign corrupt practices act. you have sepia this allows the d.o.j. or department of justice to prosecute a foreign company for corrupt practices not on u.s. soil provided that the company has an identifiable connection to the united states after the moves it is in was it. i mean they can make it oh no i just wanted to see what it was i walk up to a limo was it easy for example system to communicate door. america a battle did you know was it easy. example a slot phone. if you. get it please keep. it is unique.

with tom's refusal to cooperate the d.o.j. is prosecution intensified in april twenty fifth teen while traveling to the united states frederick a one time alstom executive was arrested. you won't believe. evaded. security. i think. we. need to. it's not just for the recruits he was under arrest three other former employees some of whom have been retired for years before american courts they plead guilty to corruption judges and the case against becomes overwhelming.

you do i mean yeah i mean. you don't. want to do. in paris on february the ninth twenty fourteen at the lugs derrius bristol hotel patrick crone meets the general electric see this is the first encounter the first face to face meeting between the two men chronos temps above all he wants to sell for the company he hopes to free both and himself from the clutches of the american justice system therefore places a condition on the sale general a big trick. settle any fine for. the general electric c.e.o. excepts and commits to the condition having killed two birds with one stone patrick

pop the champagne. and its economic and legal difficulties are evaporating into the american sky perhaps the department of justice will even defer the payment of the five patrick crown this is the exact moment when irrevocably became america . that's what he did johnny treat it be a copy. every day so you could call it emotion deval elate people to get it and they just don't think once it just kind of

a new if you heath ask you know you know mom didn't have voted in the bodies are doing to me if only to get off and see who else on today's date on this you know so happy army do don't see the book is already doing these i want it more for before too general sickly delusional not to appease already a problem another country under circuity zero it is you need to quit died to me and please always he said by the way and question because they were devoted to the place you. develop some of these are truly differences but google more. exceptional play need the absolutely most. people who own hundred they look at all the folks that they have it is a daily daemon again. within days it is unique despite several alstom executives being arrested from twenty fourteen onward patrick cronin his team went to the united states several times never arrested nor concerned they could proceed

with the sale to general electric and peace it's hard to imagine that at the same time very true she has been imprisoned for a year from executives are detained by the f.b.i. the moment they set foot on american soil so much so that else dom's director of legal affairs urges company managers not to travel to the united states strangely patrick cronin remains welcome to nightly news yes. forty a week like too long in france however patrick runs astonishing ability to enter and leave the united states on hindered is raising eyebrows he's questioned by m.p. jack ma at the french national assembly. hall. yeah. it could last fifty years. sure saturn on the earth just cements be. a tank it surely short short short surely it is joan sure.

sure yes she says it isn't like question i think it is a for the more they. do something more that afic works as well as i can see bill. by no proof i'm going to switch by committee imported you surely can ship. and on judgment the other commodity today patrick runs a vase of makes more sense to. it it is so that it on the over be accurate. he left you no money goes the place you're safe as a dish out of the economy social issues up by at this hour doc will see postulate a total manali medicare b. now america. last in a money under that if i ask you do. you need to malice sit on your guy any day

compliment of your commissions that i can to make equally monday call on it is that quick. it you know. or. was it as you need. just give us. just give you an. idea. and this isn't general electric's first attempt over ten years the american company has bought five companies that were being prosecuted by the department of justice for corruption the pattern is always the same an investigation is conducted and an acquisition unfolds under the threat of conviction and

a severe fine which is avoided have been american british and french companies a twenty six million dollars fine was paid by the gray company in two thousand and seven after it was bought by general electric this was described as the biggest fine ever imposed under the foreign corrupt practices act eight years later. is beaten by these lawsuits have systematically put pressure on the companies concerned facilitating a purchase by general electric for patrick cronin admitting a connection between any corruption prosecution against him and the acquisition of storm is out of the question according to the c.e.o. the reasons were purely financial some experts and journalists even said the same thing at the time of the sale. so. don't.

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