“Not normal” to close a factory when “we make money”, says the Minister of Industry

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The historic site of the group, owner of Béghin Say, was soon to celebrate its 150th anniversary. DENIS CHARLET / AFP

Before going today to the North, to Escaudoeuvres, Roland Lescure expressed his incomprehension at the microphone of Sud Radio, this morning.

The Minister of Industry, Roland Lescure, estimated on Monday that he was “notnot normal“that the sugar group Tereos is closing its factory in Escaudoeuvres (North), while it”Earn money». «I want to understand the numbers, because at this point a company that makes money closing a factory, I think that’s not normal“, he declared a few hours before a visit on the spot, on the antenna of Sud Radio.

«What they tell us is that they expect beet production to decrease in the next two years and that for this they intend to reconsolidate their production in three factories out of four“said the minister. The historic site of the group, owner of Béghin Say, was soon to celebrate its 150th anniversary, but on Wednesday, the management announced its closure by mid-June, and the elimination of 123 positions, due to a “sustainable reduction» in beet production in 2023-24, with, in the Escaudoeuvres sector, a drop in sown areas of more than 10%.

Beet production has not dropped

Following an opinion from European justice issued on January 21, France had to give up a new derogation to coat the seeds with these insecticides, a few weeks before the start of sowing. Harmful to bees, they were authorized until 2023 to protect beets against jaundice.

«For the moment, the production of beets it has not fallen, for the moment, the famous aphid, it has not struckexclaimed Roland Lescure, believing that “we shout fire when we haven’t seen a spark“. He recalled the government’s commitment tocompensate, if necessary, beet growers who are affectedand asked “clarityabout all this.

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