In summary this week: “Vinted, a fortune in your cupboards”, “Floods: my insurance is leaking!”, “Without papers, but not without work”, “The road to hatred”.
Present in 19 countries, with 80 million users, the expansion of Vinted, the Lithuanian application which has changed the way a third of French people consume, seems limitless. How to explain such success? Who is behind this application? Where does it come from and how did it manage to occupy the leading position on the second hand? “Special Envoy” obtained exceptional permission to travel to the company’s headquarters in Vilnius, Lithuania, and meet its founder, Milda Mitkute.
Journalist Nathalie Gros, user of the application, obtained the data from her profile to be studied by Vinted, a first. How many items sold? How many purchased? Are we really saving money on the application? The French craze for second-hand item resale platforms has another alarming consequence: associations see their model threatened. At Emmaüs, in Neuilly-Plaisance, companions note the decline in donations and their quality. Is Vinted compatible with the social and solidarity economy?
A report by Nathalie Gros, Guilaume Viart and Romain Decosse for Capa Presse.
Storm ? Fire ? Flood ? Be careful… Because in the event of bad luck and another disaster, you risk termination. In 2022, insurers paid more than 50 billion euros in compensation, including 10 billion for natural disasters alone, three times more than the previous year. So they track down the “scum” and the bad customers. Woe to him who is not profitable.
“Special Envoy” followed the obstacle course of Marie-Jeanne, a retired caregiver whose house in Villalier, in Aude, was damaged following the floods of 2018. Her housing contract was then terminated in due to a previous loss, and she had to find other coverage. Five years later, she cannot return home and is still in conflict with her insurer over the amount of compensation. Have certain insurance companies decided to no longer deal with this type of claim? The magazine’s team infiltrated one of the largest French groups to discover how these terminations which threaten us are decided internally.
A report by Wendy Zbinden, Clémence Chupin, Julien Mercier, Justine Rousseau and Raphaël Mencuccini for STP Productions.
Without papers but not without work
In France, there are between 400,000 and 1 million. They work in sectors lacking labor such as catering and hotels, and sometimes occupy thankless jobs that the French refuse to do, such as vegetable picking or personal services. Foreigners who arrive illegally on the territory, who are often declared by their employers, pay their taxes even though they do not have the right to live in France, and live in hiding under the threat of expulsion.
What does their daily life look like? Why can some employers no longer do without this workforce? While the immigration bill which divides the political parties was adopted by the law committee of the National Assembly, in a revised version, and will be debated in the Hemicycle from December 11, “Special Envoy” shared the daily life of these undocumented workers that it is rare to be able to film.
A report by A report by Romain Boutilly, Elouen Martin, Maxime Cayot and Colin Guillemant.
Guests: Gianni Epifani, restaurateur, and Bakari Diawara, undocumented worker.
The road of hatred
In the West Bank, Route 60 is one of the busiest arteries in this territory militarily occupied by Israel since the Six Day War in June 1967, an area where Israelis and Palestinians live in distrust. They never cross paths, except on this road. Everyone lives entrenched: on the one hand, the Israelis in their illegal colonies according to international laws, on the other, the Palestinians in their villages and towns considered as bastions of the “resistance”, such as Jenin.
Everyone has their own license plate. There are regular deaths on both sides. In 2023 alone, 238 Palestinians and 28 Israelis were killed. And each time, both camps blame each other for the deaths. “Special Envoy” went up this road, from south to north, from Bethlehem to Jenin, passing through the Nablus region. The team met settlers who were sure of their rights, Palestinian children who dream of dying as martyrs, but also a rabbi who comes to the aid of Palestinian shepherds driven from their land.
A report by Lila Bellili, Julien Fouchet, Vincent Gobert, Raynald Lellouche and Rama Youssef.
Guest: the actress Agnes Jaoui for the preview in Sarcelles (95) of the film “The Last of the Jews”.
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