At the end of a crisis meeting with unions, local elected officials, as well as the ministers of industry and labor, the Japanese tire manufacturer said in a statement that "the project of total cessation of activity "was" the only option ".

No less than 863 jobs are threatened in this case. 

The management of Bridgestone said Monday that the closure of the Bethune site was "the only option", but that it intended "to participate actively in the search for solutions for the site and the territory".

At the end of a crisis meeting with unions, local elected officials, as well as the ministers of industry and labor, the Japanese tire manufacturer said in a statement that "the project of total cessation of activity "was" the only option which would make it possible to respond to Bridgestone's structural production overcapacity and thus safeguard the competitiveness of its operations in Europe ".

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