The State is maneuvering to rescue Europcar, the rental company, of which almost the entire fleet, 334,000 vehicles worldwide, at the end of December, has been stationary since the beginning of March.
According to Le Monde , the interministerial committee for industrial restructuring (Ciri), the unit which organizes in Bercy the rescue of large companies in difficulty, would have assembled a consortium of banks ready to grant a line of liquidity of 223 million euros, 90% guaranteed by Bpifrance. Caroline Parot, president of the management board of Europcar Mobility Group, turned to Ciri last month. The banks had been cautious to help him keep his cash despite the state guarantee. This time, under the leadership of Bercy, a draft agreement is on the table. " But nothing is signed yet ," cautiously remind the protagonists.
Two weeks ago, the leaders of Europcar warned that the objectives for 2020 were obviously no longer valid and that the ambitions
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