Arnaud Montebourg, ministre du Redressement productif, a visité lundi 26 novembre l'entreprise Duralex à Orléans. Il a évidemment reparlé d'ArcelorMittal.
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00:00We have a solution for the recovery of the high furnaces, provided that Mr. Mittal agrees
00:14to give up the entire site of Florence, which he has not wanted to do so far.
00:18If he does not want to, we can perfectly use what all modern and developed states
00:25in the world know how to use, that is, temporary nationalization.
00:29Ronald Reagan temporarily nationalized Chrysler, Barack Obama temporarily nationalized General Motors.
00:38The Germans knew when it was necessary for some lenders to nationalize industrial production tools in their country.
00:48I remind you that the state of Great Britain nationalized six banks, so we see that in times of crisis,
00:56when there is no solution, while we have a profitable and viable site,
01:01the state must preserve and protect its profitable industrial tools.
01:07Moreover, if there is an industrial entrepreneur who is ready to put tens and tens of millions,
01:12including his money, it is therefore that the site will earn money, in which he believes.
01:17And that's why we can perfectly say today to Mr. Mittal that the government has seriously studied
01:23the possibility of a temporary public control, and that he is therefore ready to intervene
01:30if Mr. Mittal ever intends to make decisions that do not meet the national interest of France and the French, and particularly of the Lorraine.
01:38I believe that Mr. Mittal has a lot of capacity in all of Europe.
01:42I remind you that he has half of the installations in the whole of Europe,
01:46and that he holds almost half of the market, so he has industrial tools perfectly able to face this choice.
01:53Moreover, I believe that he has shown in the past that he knew how to deal with this kind of situation.
02:04Listen, it's a pretty simple thing, because the rule of law, the jurisprudence of both the European Union and the Constitutional Council
02:13allow to do things very simply, and therefore in a perfectly respectful way of the rule of law,
02:20respectful also of the interests of Mr. Mittal, that is to say by a preemptive and fair indemnity,
02:25which will be fixed by an independent authority, we can perfectly today proceed to the temporary public control
02:34by the state, in order to finally save the Lorraine steel that we need.
02:41Today, the market is low, so the steel sells less well than usual.
02:48But when the steel will come back and will sell more, well France, because it has accepted to close its high furnaces in Florange,
02:56will be obliged to import steel? We cannot accept this perspective.
03:01So, this question of what it would cost, and must be asked, we make a proposition,
03:07and it's the one I made to the President of the Republic, to take control temporarily at zero cost for public finances.
03:14That is to say that any money invested will be subject to a subsequent receipt, because it will be resold,
03:23and as a result, public finances will not have to bear the slightest cost.
03:27This is an important point, because it demonstrates one thing,
03:30that it is possible to earn money with the high furnaces of Florange.
03:34There is a sum to be committed in the first instance, you already have an idea?
03:38We are ready, that's what I can tell you.
03:41Thank you, Mr. President.
03:43That's what Mr. Hollande will say tomorrow.
03:45Thank you, thank you, thank you.