A first trip on the theme of the company. In full preparation with Emmanuel Macron for his future government, the new Prime Minister, Jean Castex, visited this Saturday the research and production site of semiconductors of the X-FAB France group, in Essonne.
Arrived around 3:45 pm on the site, he exchanged with the managers and employees of this company, and visited the production chain. X-FAB is an "industrial company" "very symbolic of the current situation and our objectives", he explained, because it was "impacted by the health crisis" linked to the coronavirus and that it is "extremely exposed to international competition".
"Do not act in the short term"
"The objective of the State is to see within the framework of the recovery plan (….) How not to act simply in the short term, (…), how we can ensure the foundation of a relocation, a sustainable maintenance of industrial jobs and exposed to competition in our country, "he said.
He insisted on "investing in training and in the production tool", which will allow this company in difficulty to pass the stages that are before it. (…) It will undoubtedly take measures to ensure its competitiveness, and there it is necessary that the State supports it ”, he continued.
Pending the stimulus package
The head of government also emphasized "integration into business and through economic activity", and "concerted action by communities with the State". "We need the State (…) but a State that knows how to position itself", with a "strategy at the national level and the search for an operational solution in partnership with local elected representatives".
"This is a good example of what is before us," said the Prime Minister, who is preparing the recovery plan wanted by Emmanuel Macron, when he arrived. He was welcomed by several elected officials, to whom Jean Castex indicated to be "a man of the territories". Deputy Cédric Villani, also present, described the Prime Minister's "remarkable" choice as this visit to "a hotbed of innovation".
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