Slowing down, Porsche asks Europe to slow down on electric
© Tobias SCHWARZ/AFP Visitors admire the Porsche 911 GT3 during the Frankfurt Motor Show on September 12, 2017. Shattered by a Chinese crisis and a less promising than expected electric…
The minimum wage increases by 27.61 euros
AFP The SMIC (minimum growth wage) increases Friday by 2%, or 27.61 euros per month, two months in advance as announced by the Prime Minister, while private sector supplementary pensions…
The retailer Auchan is preparing to announce a major social plan on Tuesday.
DENIS CHARLET AFP The distributor Auchan, a brand of the Mulliez galaxy, is preparing to present to its employees' representatives on Tuesday a large-scale social plan project, threatening around 2,300…
SNCF Freight to Disappear Despite Union Anger
AFP End clap for Fret SNCF, the leader in rail freight transport in France, which will be replaced by two new companies in 2025 with 10% fewer staff, to the…
Michelin: Vannes and Cholet factories to close, employees “take the hit”
Michelin Two factories flattened and more than 1,200 employees on the floor: Michelin announced on Tuesday the closure before 2026 of its Cholet and Vannes sites, blaming “the collapse” of…
Germany/automobile: increase in registrations in October but decrease in electric vehicles
Unsplash The German car market rebounded slightly in October for the first time since June, but the decline in electric vehicles, triggered by the end of government subsidies, continues according…
Bruno Le Maire: the public deficit at 6.1% of GDP in 2024 is “the choice of the current government”
BERTRAND GUAY AFP Finally!!! Former Minister of Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire said on Thursday that the slippage of France's public deficit to 6.1% of GDP in 2024 was…
Farmers' “SOS” during a new day of mobilization
AFP With their tractors or their animals, hundreds of farmers participated again Wednesday in demonstrations in several departments, such as in Aveyron, where dozens of them took up position in…
France: growth to suffer “backlash” from Olympics in fourth quarter
Lucas/AFP The Banque de France said on Tuesday that it expected gross domestic product to be “roughly unchanged” in the fourth quarter compared to the summer, due in particular to…
European stock markets falter, inflation worries investors
Weiss/AFP European stock markets are struggling on Friday, in the wake of Wall Street, with investors showing nervousness in the face of American inflation and the more muscular tone of…