Antoine Frérot is the CEO of Veolia, a 29.9% shareholder of Suez since Monday evening.
Le Figaro.
- When you submitted your offer to purchase 29.9% of Suez to Engie on August 30, did you expect these five weeks of violence?
Antoine FRÉROT.
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Objectively, no, even if I understand Bertrand Camus' frustration, because it takes time to restructure a company, as I did eight years ago with Veolia.
It should be understood that Suez was going to change shareholders anyway and that the new shareholder could very well not have been French.
I devoted my energy to providing the necessary guarantees to convince people of the relevance of my project, which is exciting for the employees of our two groups, strategic for our country and useful for the planet.
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