In Corbeil-Essonnes (Essonne), where he visited on Saturday two companies having benefited from financial assistance in the midst of the pandemic, Prime Minister Jean Castex called for "
accelerating the deployment of the recovery plan
" to ensure "
vigorous
"
growth
during
the pandemic.
of the recovery.
Jean Castex in particular chose to return to the site of X-Fab, a company he had visited a year ago “
to the day
” when he made his first official release as Prime Minister.
"
It is to illustrate (...) one of our primary wishes: to ensure the follow-up of the execution of what we do
", he explained.
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"
In supporting the recovery, we must be as efficient as we were in supporting the crisis,
" he said, alongside Amélie de Montchalin, Minister of Transformation.
Last September, the government launched a recovery plan of one hundred billion euros.
The X-Fab factory, which presents itself as one of the world leaders in semiconductors, has benefited from five million.
On Saturday, Jean Castex called for "
accelerating the deployment of the recovery plan
", by adapting it to "
changing economic realities
".
Aiming for "economic sovereignty"
For a year, "
the situation has completely changed, we are no longer in a social crisis but an industrial one,
" said Jocelyne Wasselin, general manager of X-Fab. "
We do not have enough capacity today to face a demand driven (in particular) by the electrification of cars which is going faster than expected
", she explained, noting in particular the difficulty of "
hire technical trades
”. "
If the evolution of professions is not accompanied by a strong training effort, we will not reach the target,
" noted Jean Castex, ensuring that one of the government's priorities is to "
ensure that economic growth is as vigorous as possible
”.
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Objective: "
economic sovereignty
", in particular by putting "
the package to encourage relocation
". Today, "
we must avoid losing
" companies in sectors "
very affected by the crisis
", such as industry, and "
very represented
" in Essonne, according to Jean Castex. "
Without the help of France Relance, it would have been very difficult to achieve things
", admitted to AFP Jean-Pierre Leboeuf, CEO of Micronique, a company specializing in the manufacture and integration of electronic cards, which received aid of 1.51 million euros. Founded in 1975, its ambition is to build a new “
Industry of the future
”
factory in 2023
."
If all goes well we will multiply the staff by four and the turnover by 8
”, predicted Jean-Pierre Leboeuf, counting on 80 employees and a turnover of 40 million euros by 2026- 2027.