A million jobs have been generated on eBay

In the ors of the Palace of the Luxembourg, representatives of six political parties were detailed last week, at the invitation of Club Senate, proposals lighthouses of their candidates in the digital economy. Jérôme Relinger, delegate to the French Communist party information technology, opened March, explaining that "in the cross-site" which affects "all the culture that the economy, the environment or labour, the first emergency is the democratization of the Internet.". "The priority of Marie - George Buffet is to fight against digital illiteracy".

In France, broadband has progressed at a rapid speed: 85 of connected households have access. However, it remains to shade areas. According to Médiamétrie, only 44 of the French have an Internet connection at home, almost 70 of citizens in Germany or England. According Insee, 700,000 PME and TPE are still not connected. And the France is the world's 19th largest in terms of growth related to the Internet, according to the OECD.

Quoting the American model, Loïc Le Meur noted that, for Nicolas Sarkozy, Internet was first "an economic sector in its own right." "A million jobs have been generated on eBay". And enumerate measures desired by the UMP candidate, ranging from the "seduction of the business angels in the amount of 50.000 euros on Lai" in the development of entrepreneurs-specific status.

"French paradox".

Each is given on the importance of education and training to these recent technologies. But the discussion quickly focused on the topic of free software, ardently defended by the camp of the Greens. "If there was only a measure, this would be the refusal of patentability of software," insisted Yann Wehrling, spokesman Dominique Voynet. Vincent Feltesse, Assistant national Secretary of the Socialist Party, referred to the "100 measures for the France", already downloaded more than 1 million times: "the generalization of free software in public administration, with the R & D and innovation, are among the ten first!" It is a priority for Ségolène Royal.

Member of the policy of the UDF, Quitterie Delmas spoke about the struggle of François Bayrou for the dissemination of free software and against the Dadvsi law (copyright and neighbouring rights in the information society). The candidate will work in a "cohabitation between two worlds, merchant and non-Merchant".

After having denounced "a media shadowing on the part of the traditional media", Philippe Herlin, spokesman Jean-Marie Le Pen, felt that Internet was "fundamental to the national Front" and ruled for the repeal of the Dadvsi Act.

In the Clemenceau in the Senate room, the audience responded. Catherine Gabay, Director of innovation, research and new technologies to the Medef, expressed regret that candidates do not dwelling on SMEs: "there is a French Paradox: the public is very connected, while SMEs are overdue, particularly in terms of use.". For ten years, French companies spend 18 of their investments in technologies of information, compared to 38 in the United States, comments on it. But the event has opened the debate on the hitherto forgotten issues in the campaign, even though there are still large unknown.