Ministers Élisabeth Borne (Labor) and Agnès Pannier-Runacher (Industry) will travel to Béthune (Pas-de-Calais) on Monday 21 for a meeting with elected officials and unions devoted to the Bridgestone factory that the Japanese tire giant wants to close, Ms. Pannier-Runacher's entourage told AFP on Thursday.
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This meeting will take place Monday afternoon, it was specified. Xavier Bertrand will attend the meeting, told AFP the entourage of the president of the Hauts-de-France regional council. Bridgestone announced on Wednesday that it wanted to close its Bethune plant, which employs 863 people.