Renault told AFP on Friday that he had not yet made “any decision” about his workforce, after the publication of the press information that evokes 3,000 positions in the world, even at its headquarters in Boulogne-Billancourt, but confirms to lead “reflections” “in front of the syndebetios of the market.”
According to online media, the French car manufacturer is preparing a “global plan (which) should lead to reducing the number of employees in support services, that is, human resources, finance, marketing …”
Contacted on this issue, the group said that “it has no figure to communicate because a decision is not made.”
But “in the face of the uncertainties of the automotive market and in the face of extremely competitive context, we confirm reflections on simplification axes, speed of execution and optimization of our fixed costs,” explained the manufacturer, in his response to AFP.
Like its competitors, Renault is evolving in a crisis market, in the context of sales in Europe, the new European regulations and Chinese competition. Its adjusted benefit fell 69% in the first half.
Growing sales
The manufacturer has already saved during the first six months of the year (287 million euros), particularly thanks to the good negotiations in their purchases. But he indicated at the end of July wanting to strengthen this savings plan on the side of administrative costs as production, research and development costs. He also said that he had frozen hiring worldwide until the end of the year, except workers in factories.
However, the group defends itself a little better than most of its competitors in Europe, its main market.
Its sales are increasing in the European Union, where CLIO is the best car to sell: +5.8% between January and August 2025, according to Acea, the Association of European Automobile Manufacturers.
In France, where sales stagnated in general, the Renault group saw its own increase in 6.5% in one year, between September 2024 and September 2025, and 1.7% since the beginning of 2025, depending on the automotive platform (PFA).
Its main competitor in the French market, Stellantis (share more than half of sales equally) sees their stagnant records for a year and diving 9.5% since the beginning of 2025. The group with 14 brands (Citroën, Fiat, Peugeot …) will temporarily stop several of its European factories, including three in France.
Source: BFM TV
