Air France's restructuring plan, which threatens 2.900 jobs, "can be avoided". This was stated by French Prime Minister Manuel Valls to the National Assembly during the interpellation session with the Government. “We think that today this plan can be avoided if social dialogue is deepened, which has been happening for a few days and I am delighted about it,” Valls said in response to a deputy.
In the morning, Segolene Royale, Minister of Ecology and Transport, said in a television interview that Air France must suspend the plan to allow the resumption of dialogue with the unions. The Minister of Labour, Myriam El Khomri, for her part, asked the company to "put more proposals on the table" to ensure that the redundancy plan "is not the only solution". The plan, presented on October 5, caused violent protests, including against two of the company's top managers, for which 6 Air France employees were arrested.
