Résultats

In the context of global competition, this is a major asset that can help industrial companies deal with the issue of employment and long-term sustainability on our shores... To conclude, my natural optimism leads me to say that for EDF, the future is wide open as long as our development meets two criteria.

The actions that we set in motion three years ago to reduce our debt levels are now reaping results... I' m happy to say that our installed solar and wind capacity increased by 23 % and the output levels of both these energy sources, wind and solar, reached a record level of 13 .8TWh, up by 13 %... With regard to EDF' s Solar plan, which we recently announced and commented, I would just like to point out, to insist, that the financial commitment required from EDF Group is factored into our financial trajectory.

Given the format being used, may I remind you that the slides for this presentation are available on our website... Before that, I' de like to say a few words about our operating income, shown on slide number five... During the period, our major projects in France and Europe moved ahead, demonstrating the effectiveness of our strategy in that region, rolled out over five major key countries in which EDF is active and well positioned.

Firstly, it acknowledges our industrial expertise in the nuclear sector, including the third-generation reactors, and that makes us very proud... This is a project that will create skilled and long-term jobs as it will involve a significant number of industrial companies in both our countries... We all know that the nuclear industry is a long-term industry and that it is necessary to consistently maintain our competencies, just like a professional sportsman who carries on practicing to always be at his best.

Firstly, it acknowledges our industrial expertise in the nuclear sector, including the third-generation reactors, and that makes us very proud... This is a project that will create skilled and long-term jobs as it will involve a significant number of industrial companies in both our countries... We all know that the nuclear industry is a long-term industry and that it is necessary to consistently maintain our competencies, just like a professional sportsman who carries on practicing to always be at his best.

Firstly, it acknowledges our industrial expertise in the nuclear sector, including the third-generation reactors, and that makes us very proud... This is a project that will create skilled and long-term jobs as it will involve a significant number of industrial companies in both our countries... We all know that the nuclear industry is a long-term industry and that it is necessary to consistently maintain our competencies, just like a professional sportsman who carries on practicing to always be at his best.

The second is the fact that our balance sheet restructuring is close to being achieved... If I look at the disposal plan, we are very proud that we have already achieved 80 % of our initial target. 8 billion of sales out of a target of 10 billion over six years from 2015 to 2020... so that our projects will be more competitive.

With a total volume of planned outage days equivalent to that of 2014, we keep pushing with our efforts to control the durations of those outages... Thomas Piquemal :The answer is yes, and I will maybe come back to the calculations that I gave when we announced our 2014 full year results, that I confirm today.

You will recall that on the day of our first half results... 37 outages out of 47 and in this context our 2014 target range for nuclear output is confirmed between 410 and to 415 TWh and we are confident that we can reach the upper end of that range... We considered that result and decided following agreement with our external regulator.

The second one is that we continued during this quarter to make further progress on our priorities. You will remember that our first priority was to improve our industrial performance, especially on the nuclear side... As you know, we are currently working on our partnership with A2A in respect of Edison and we extended the shareholders agreement until mid September 2011 to that effect.