Arnaud Montebourg

He lost his job over a rape allegation and had the sordid details of his sex life laid bare in a prostitution trial, but that is not enough to turn French voters against Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

French President Francois Hollande on Monday called for a cabinet reshuffle, evicting from his government rebel leftist ministers who had argued for an economic policy U-turn away from budgetary rigour.

French President Francois Hollande asked his prime minister on Monday to form a new government, looking to impose his will on the cabinet after rebel leftist ministers had called for an economic policy U-turn.

Hollande met with economy minister Arnaud Montebourg and Prime Minister Manuel Valls at the Elysee palace, according to a statement from the president's office.

France's industry minister said on Wednesday the European Union could extend tariffs on cut-price steel imports, a riposte to ArcelorMittal after the Indian steelmaker vowed to press ahead with plant closures and job cuts.

France's industry minister said on Wednesday the European Union could extend tariffs on cut-price steel imports, a riposte to ArcelorMittal after the Indian steelmaker vowed to press ahead with plant closures and job cuts.

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said that a deal had been reached with steel group ArcelorMittal and that a part of a plant that had been under the threat of closure would not be nationalised.

The French government and steelmaker ArcelorMittal are aiming to clinch a deal to save jobs and avoid a temporary nationalisation of the company's Florange steelworks, government sources said on Friday as a midnight deadline neared.

A top French business lobbyist branded government plans to take over ArcelorMittal's Florange steelworks as "scandalous" on Thursday, leading the government to accuse her of overlooking the company's practices.

There seems to be a temporary truce in the ugly spat between ArcelorMittal, the worlds largest steel maker, and the French government over the closure of two blast furnaces in northeastern France, after French President Francois Hollande met Lakshmi Mittal, who heads the company, at his office in a bid to mend ties. President Hollande is seeking so...

ArcelorMittal has issued the following statement after French industrial renewal minister Arnaud Montebourg said on Monday that France does not want the steel giant in the country anymore.

French Industrial Renewal Minister Arnaud Montebourg does not want steel giant ArcelorMittal in France anymore and is looking for an industrial partner with which to take the group's operations there over on a temporary basis, he said today in an interview.

French Industrial Renewal Minister Arnaud Montebourg does not want steel giant ArcelorMittal in France anymore and is looking for an industrial partner with which to take the group's operations there over on a temporary basis, he said Monday in an interview.

He lost his job over a rape allegation and had the sordid details of his sex life laid bare in a prostitution trial, but that is not enough to turn French voters against Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

French President Francois Hollande on Monday called for a cabinet reshuffle, evicting from his government rebel leftist ministers who had argued for an economic policy U-turn away from budgetary rigour.

French President Francois Hollande asked his prime minister on Monday to form a new government, looking to impose his will on the cabinet after rebel leftist ministers had called for an economic policy U-turn.

Hollande met with economy minister Arnaud Montebourg and Prime Minister Manuel Valls at the Elysee palace, according to a statement from the president's office.

France's industry minister said on Wednesday the European Union could extend tariffs on cut-price steel imports, a riposte to ArcelorMittal after the Indian steelmaker vowed to press ahead with plant closures and job cuts.

France's industry minister said on Wednesday the European Union could extend tariffs on cut-price steel imports, a riposte to ArcelorMittal after the Indian steelmaker vowed to press ahead with plant closures and job cuts.

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said that a deal had been reached with steel group ArcelorMittal and that a part of a plant that had been under the threat of closure would not be nationalised.

The French government and steelmaker ArcelorMittal are aiming to clinch a deal to save jobs and avoid a temporary nationalisation of the company's Florange steelworks, government sources said on Friday as a midnight deadline neared.

A top French business lobbyist branded government plans to take over ArcelorMittal's Florange steelworks as "scandalous" on Thursday, leading the government to accuse her of overlooking the company's practices.

There seems to be a temporary truce in the ugly spat between ArcelorMittal, the worlds largest steel maker, and the French government over the closure of two blast furnaces in northeastern France, after French President Francois Hollande met Lakshmi Mittal, who heads the company, at his office in a bid to mend ties. President Hollande is seeking so...

ArcelorMittal has issued the following statement after French industrial renewal minister Arnaud Montebourg said on Monday that France does not want the steel giant in the country anymore.

French Industrial Renewal Minister Arnaud Montebourg does not want steel giant ArcelorMittal in France anymore and is looking for an industrial partner with which to take the group's operations there over on a temporary basis, he said today in an interview.

French Industrial Renewal Minister Arnaud Montebourg does not want steel giant ArcelorMittal in France anymore and is looking for an industrial partner with which to take the group's operations there over on a temporary basis, he said Monday in an interview.