No, Hercules is not dead.
At least not yet.
This is the message that the government wanted to convey to the union representatives of EDF this weekend, fiercely opposed to the project to reorganize their group which bears this name of Greek demigod.
Paris has been negotiating a vast reform of the company with Brussels for over a year.
"We have a good chance, let's say a reasonable chance, of reaching an agreement,"
said a source in the executive on Wednesday evening.
The objective of the government and the group's management: to revalue the price of nuclear power to give EDF the means to develop.
In return, the Commission demands a separation of commercial and competitive activities.
In reaction to the new message of optimism from the government (which in February mentioned the possibility of a
"plan B"
), the EDF stock price jumped by more than 10% on Thursday.
"We do not know if we will reach an agreement
, all the same tempered the executive.
If our red lines
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