Économie 
Après des mois de discussions, la mouture finale a été présentée mercredi matin en conseil des ministres. Elle prévoit que les auto-entrepreneurs qui dépasseront un certain chiffre d’affaires pendant deux années de suite basculeront dans le régime classique de la création d’entreprise. Visiblement, le projet ne satisfait personne.
Traduction/Translation par/by Bill Nelson (Extra information in italics)
Matignon (Parliament House) has sliced the rules. After months of discussions, the final grinding out (mouture) was presented on Wednesday morning in the council of ministers. It will be expected that the auto-entrepreneurs who surpass certain business figures during two years are affected, after that they fall into the normal business regime for start-up business. Clearly, nobody involved is happy. (Auto-entrepreneurs are effectively small businesses, like SMEs in Ireland. This system was introduced by the Sarkozy govt to make it simpler and less bureaucratic for people to set up small businesses. Thresholds (seuil) were set at reasonable figures to allow flexibility over a certain time-frame. Due to the previous restrictions on SMEs in France, many start-up entrepreneurs chose to set up business outside France. Sarkozy introduced the new regime in an attempt to attract them back to France. The reforms published today, and becoming law in July, will effectively put auto-entrepreneurs into a minimum wage scenario, €19,000 p/a, or SMIC, (Salaire Minimum Interprofessionel Garantie). Seriously eliminating many previous advantages. The tax (impot) regime introduced since Hollande’s PS govt came to power has had many high profile defections, notably Gerard Depardieu and Johnny Halliday)
About bill
Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer.
The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013.
Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI.
Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug
2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website.
But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien.
The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50.
Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea.
Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
