Minister of Industry Marc Ferracci expects further announcements of industrial site closures in France “in the coming weeks and months”.which will affect “thousands of jobsfollowing the announcement of two Michelin plant closures this week.

“There will probably be more site closure announcements in the coming weeks and months”.said Marc Ferracci at the microphone of France Inter on Saturday, November 9, saying that the social report “will be counted in thousands of jobs”.

“It’s true that a certain number of sectors are in worrying situations”.added the Minister, citing the chemical, metallurgy and automotive industries. Earlier this week, Michelin announced the forthcoming closure of two sites in France. On Friday November 8, Marc Ferracci came to meet employees at the Cholet plant, where he was verbally attacked by angry workers. I expected this kind of reaction,” he said, “because the employees are upset, and we can understand it, because the way the announcement was made was not a dignified way, added the Minister, regretting that Michelin’s management had not come to meet employees at the sites concerned.