ArcelorMittal, France target steelworks deal
The two furnaces together employ 600 workers with the entire site providing work for 2,700. Sources close to Hollande said talks could stretch beyond the deadline set for an accord by ArcelorMittal, but no comment was available from the company.
“My aim is to find a long-term solution in terms of both jobs and activities for the Florange site,” Hollande said.
A deal this weekend could bring concessions from both parties, including promises from ArcelorMittal to offer new jobs to all workers affected by a shutdown of the furnaces and large new investments in France.
Business leader denounces French plan
The head of France’s employers’ union branded government plans to take over ArcelorMittal’s Florange steelworks as “scandalous” on Thursday, leading the government to accuse her of overlooking the company’s practices. But MEDEF employers’ union chief Laurence Parisot said nationalising the steelworks went against the principle of private property, after industry minister Arnaud Montebourg said the government was ready for a temporary takeover. “This statement is purely and simply scandalous,” Parisot said. “To undermine the principle of private property in this haphazard way
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