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The Peugeot Citroлn production site in Paris Antoine Antoniol Bloomberg News.
The entrance to the factory Peugeot Citroлn in Aulnay-sous-Bois outside Paris Ana Arevalo AFP.
A Peugeot Citroлn worker, wearing a murderer PSA reading T-shirt, an endless battle begins, speaks to reporters outside the plant in Aulnay-sous-Bois Partin Office AFP.
Robots gather Citroлn C3 cars at the production plant Aulnay-sous-Bois Peugeot Citroлn Antoine Antoniol Bloomberg News.
Workers from a bus they arrived early at the factory in Aulnay-sous-Bois Peugeot Citroлn Martin Bureau AFP.
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After a month on holiday and an extra week of layoff, workers were in the dark humor as they returned to the enormous PSA Peugeot Citro n factory in Aulnay-sous-Bois, outside Paris.
the largest automotive group in France is deep in trouble and as the workforce is well aware, one of the ways the company has decided to widen this punishment is closing the plant Aulnay in 2014.
With reductions elsewhere in France, job losses will reach 8000 - not to mention major induced effects on suppliers and others whose income depends on the presence of PSA.
What started as a painful business decision has degenerated into an affair of state, raising questions about the management of the PSA group a major undertaking and the relationship between the new Socialist government of President François Hollande and employers When Mr. Holland recently spoke of France having to face a crisis of exceptional severity, PSA can not have been far from his thoughts.
The sun may have shone in the south of France vacation destinations chosen last month by M. Hollande and some of his ministers, but the storm clouds hung stubbornly on the group.
After falling 7 percent in new registrations of new cars in July, one year on-year decline of 11 4 percent more net was recorded last month.
Industry spokesmen emphasize August is always a quiet month, with many closed dealerships.
The fall has been severe for the Citro n brand, 19 percent less for Peugeot cars April 3 percent Another French car-making giant, Renault, fared even worse, with the exception of its dynamic trade models Low cost.
In difficult market conditions created by the economic difficulties in Europe, the whole industry suffers a greater or lesser degree.
A German consulting firm said last week between five and 10 car factories in Western Europe could be closed in the coming years, throwing up to 80,000 people working.
Roland Berger Board based its report on a study that identified the low demand and unsustainable levels of productivity Only Volkswagen and Ford were excluded from this analysis downbeat.
On market trends, Max Blanchet Roland Berger recognized the impact of the economic crisis, but said the fuel price hike for motorists using their cars less and keep them longer.
The malaise of the industry has also led to the reduction of jobs and suspended production at Opel in Germany and Fiat in Italy.
But it's PSA Peugeot Citro n which seems to symbolize more than any manufacturer's cycle of overcapacity and outdated production methods The group needs to make short-term savings of around 1 billion Dh5 and also reduce cost of 8 billion high salary.
Even the PSA hopes of sharing technology with General Motors GM was questioned.
GM had to play down reports that he has cooled on preliminary plans for such a partnership to mid-cost car market.
the industry observers have speculated these plans would lead to Peugeot Citro n and models being built on GM platforms in its Ruesselsheim plant in Germany while Spiegel Online reported GM fears now selling their Opel cars would hit by such an arrangement.
GM's response was to emphasize a global alliance between GM - not just his wing Opel - and PSA remained in place, its mission is to create synergies and Europe focusing on logistics, purchasing and product development manufacturing projects are not part of the existing alliance agreement so that we have nothing to say about the production, he added.
It will become clearer in the coming months if, despite the soothing words of GM, which represents another setback for PSA.
Whatever the truth, and with or without government pressure, the French manufacturer has been occupied by a restructuring program beyond the announced job losses in July.
The Director General of Peugeot, Vincent Rambaud, left for personal reasons unexplained replaced by a rising star of the group, Maxime Picat.
As CEO of the PSA alliance in China, Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobiles No CAPD, Mr. Picat presided over a doubling of sales between 2008 and last year.
In fact, the role of M. Rambaud had evolved since the beginning of the year PSA deleted key business functions he and his counterpart at Citro n, to focus the marketing of both brands at the heart of the group.
The group was undoubtedly stung by acrimonious exchanges with the government and especially Arnaud Montebourg, bringing the optimistic title of minister of industrial recovery after the redundancy program was made public.
M. Montebourg and its president angered several times executives of French companies this year the president's statement Sunday that he intends to raise another 20 billion Dh93 98bn of big business taxes and easier just to improve relations.
M. Montebourg was present when the industrial, Pierre Bellon, head of food services Solexo and facilities management group, told the annual conference of the employers' organization Medef business last month was sick and tired of be told how to behave M. Montebourg's response was to promise calmly to convey the feelings of employers to the President regarding the French automobile industry concerned, he unveiled a stimulus package dedicated to the expansion of production of green vehicles.
The government wants to help the promotion of clean vehicles and make them available for all budgets, the minister said.
Its offering includes new measures and carrot sticks, including higher fines for owners of cars that cause pollution to fund more generous incentives for cars environmentally.
charging stations for electric cars will be implemented in 12 cities in which M. Montebourg called his plan for the revival of the French car.
While no doubt all will contribute to the belief of the Government, it is difficult to interpret as an immediate lifeline to PSA.
The unions are planning a large demonstration against the Peugeot Citro n cuts at the Paris Motor Show, from September 29 to October 14.
Back at the factory threatened Aulnay, however, there are signs of rubbing shoulders customary militancy with a degree of resignation We have to stay aggressive and willing to strong mobilization, said Eric Basquet, a body of work at the factory.
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