[matthieu1221]

Are they concerned there will be job cuts and/or staff having to reapply if the merger occurs? Or is it something else?

I think they are more concerned about the underlying principles of the reform. France 24 staff are also on strike now starting with yesterday’s last journal de la nuit being repeated until mid morning yesterday. It’s unlikely that the journalists and technical support staff would be affected by any job losses under the proposed reform as France 24 doesn’t look likely to disappear (Le Quai d’Orsay -- the Ministry for Foreign Affairs has apparently been fighting to keep it intact so have their backs) and I don’t see how jobs can be cut as there is already a lot of pooling of reporting from France 2 and franceinfo for instance. RFI is also disrupted by strikes.

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