Overview
- Judges validated the Métal Blanc-led offer that retains only the Leffrinckoucke site near Dunkirk, preserving about 144–145 jobs out of 696.
- The Saint-Étienne, Custines and Hagondange plants are ordered toward liquidation, putting more than 500 positions at risk, with the transfer set to take effect on December 1 according to union sources.
- The government says it will take civil and potential criminal action against Greybull, which pledged €90 million in 2024 but injected about €1.5 million, while the State fulfilled roughly €85 million.
- An alternative proposal from Europlasma that covered more sites was rejected by the court process as insufficiently robust.
- Workers have mounted protests and now seek improved severance terms as ministers rule out nationalization and aim to secure the sites and attract new industrial investors.