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In France, we have reason to be proud. Our nuclear power plants are among the most powerful and secure in the world. In the field of armaments and security, our companies are the benchmark. As for our fighter planes, they have the reputation of being fast and very efficient. But yet, while we are at the forefront in all these strategic areas, our country has, in recent years, suffered a series of defeats in major international calls for tender. The cause? Political ulterior motives, disagreements at the highest level of the State, rivalries between major French leaders and dirty tricks by parallel networks of the Republic. Through three emblematic stories, this investigation shows how abroad, "the French company" cultivates an art of commercial failure and transforms itself, too often, into a losing machine. Cocori...couac: when France torpedoes its contracts Director: Jean-Louis Perez