The meeting takes place in Saint-Denis. ArcelorMittal employees throughout France are expected to press the French leadership of the steel manufacturer, which plans to eliminate more than 600 positions and begin discussions about the contours of this social plan, which the CGT wants to “stop.”
Gaétan Lecocq, of the CGT of Arceormittal Dunkerque, the most threatened site, called the May 1 processions to take advantage of the central CSE convened on Tuesday, the first round of negotiations, to mobilize against a “social and industrial tsunami” to come.
The destiny of the metallos is mobilized in the political class, of the left that states, such as the CGT, a nationalization of the French stoves, of the former Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, who considered that it was necessary to do everything to save Arceormittal in Dunkerk, without excluding a “temporary” and “last resort” nationalization if the company did not do the obligations.
European problems
In the heart of the maintenance of a steel industry in France, the search for the group’s decarbonation projects or not. At the end of 2024, Arceormittal suspended its final investment decision, up to 1.8 billion euros, including more than 800 million aid promised by the State, to decarbonize the high dungker stoves, arguing the non -competitiveness of the steel produced in Europe.
After better results than expected in the first quarter, Arcelor Mittal exerted pressure on the European Commission, requesting a “rapid” application of the European Steel Plan to recover competitiveness, before announcing whether or not it is.
During a meeting with representatives of elected employees and officials, last Tuesday, the Minister of Industry also expressed his intention to “ask the European communion to advance to restore the acceptable economic conditions for the production of steel in Europe,” according to the Ministry.
But the massive investments in the decarbonation of steel in France are already buried, it estimates that Gaëtan Lecocq, for whom the leaders “will not do it”: “There were five works dedicated to the new high voltage line between the grave -serlain power plant and our factory in Dunkirk”, to prepare the connection of a future electric oven and “these five works are eliminated.
Source: BFM TV
