In 2015, the Macron law, drafted by the then Minister of the Economy, liberalized passenger transport by long-distance coach. Five years later, the "Macron buses" are in bad shape. The Nanterre commercial court on Tuesday placed the coach transport company Eurolines, a subsidiary of the German group FlixBus, into compulsory liquidation, said the employee's lawyer.
End clap on July 24
"On July 24, there is no more activity, the company officially ceases," said Pierre-François Rousseau at the end of the hearing which took place behind closed doors. “The liquidation was expected (…). We had obtained a reprieve which was already a victory for the employees, ”he recalled. At the end of June, the management of FlixBus requested the opening of judicial liquidation proceedings for its subsidiary of intercity coaches. But the court asked for a continuation of activity under administration for a month.
For the employee's lawyer, "Flixbus has emptied Eurolines of its substance, will now recover market share and today is trying to get rid of employees without paying anything by using" as a pretext the economic crisis linked to the Covid -19. The judicial liquidation decision concerns 36 employees still active within the company, while a little more than fifty have already been placed in reclassification as part of a job protection plan (PSE), a specified for his part Mohamed Bessaoud, union delegate of the CGT Eurolines.
49 million euros in turnover in 2018
The management of Eurolines did not wish to comment on the court's decision, but did in fact let it be known that "the opening of collective proceedings targeting the 36 employees still active of the company Eurolines appears inevitable because of the situation. accounting and financial affairs in which the company is located ”. This situation, continues the group, has “suddenly and strongly” been “aggravated by the health and economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic”.
Eurolines, headquartered in Nanterre, was bought in spring 2019 by FlixBus, which is its sole shareholder. The company achieved nearly 49 million euros in sales in 2018, before its takeover.
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