A meeting is not considered necessary at present, the Christian Social People’s Party (CSV) minister explained. He added that discussions between the social partners, namely ArcelorMittal management, trade unions and government representatives, will continue as usual within the framework of the Lux2030 Agreement working group.
If no progress is made, Marc Spautz and the Minister for the Economy, Lex Delles, will intervene and fulfill their responsibilities. The government is clearly opposed to the relocation of jobs from Luxembourg to Poland and India, Spautz said. Prime Minister Luc Frieden also made this clear to Aditya Mittal at the World Economic Forum in Davos, according to a government press release issued on Friday evening.
According to ArcelorMittal Luxembourg, a study is currently under way to examine the rationalisation of processes. Following last week’s European Works Council meeting, there was discussion of cutting 1,150 jobs in Luxembourg, representing around a third of the workforce.
