Since last month, Europe 1 has been touring the French regions. On Friday, March 12, it is Nice’s turn to host the teams. Laurent Ruquier’s program will be the only one not broadcast live from the square, but from the Nice Opera.
At 6:30 in the morning, Marc Olivier Fogiel and his team start the morning show at Place Masséna. A few news enthusiasts from Nice got up early to watch the live broadcast of Europe 1 Morning. Marc Olivier Fogiel, Julie, Guy Carlier, Jean-Pierre Elkabbach… Under the tent, people hustle and huddle to catch a glimpse of them.
Christian Estrosi received by Jean-Pierre Elkabbach
At 8:20, the mayor of Nice and Minister of Industry Christian Estrosi is interviewed by Jean-Pierre Elkabbach live from Place Masséna. The journalist revisits the statements made by Nicolas Sarkozy, who called for a pause in reforms in 2011. But for Christian Estrosi, “action is necessary.” The mayor of Nice is not considering a pause in reforms.
Regarding the regional elections, the mayor of Nice “calls for mobilization” and is reassuring: “From the first round, we will undoubtedly be in the lead.”
A week ago, Christian Estrosi inaugurated the supervision center of Nice. With 624 cameras, it has become the most video-monitored city in France. For the mayor, this is a good thing, and “91% of the people of Nice agree with being monitored. The only ones who have to worry are the criminals,” he declared.
Eric De Montgolfier interviewed by Marc Olivier Fogiel
For Eric de Montgolfier, public prosecutor of Nice, “this city is not in the south of France but at the north of the Mediterranean. There is a culture of negotiation. There are also corruption phenomena in Nice, as elsewhere…”
Regarding the case of the stolen HSBC files, which include 24,000 names with accounts in Switzerland, the Nice prosecutor states, “My concern is not tax evasion; what interests me is a potential suspicion of money laundering.”
