ArcelorMittal and May 9 in Russia: Laurent Jacobelli's "8:30 franceinfo" of Friday, May 9, 2025

Laurent Jacobelli, RN MP for Moselle, was the guest of "8h30 franceinfo", Friday May 9, 2025

Laurent Jacobelli, RN MP for Moselle, was the guest of "8h30 franceinfo", Friday, May 9, 2025. ArcelorMittal, May 9 in Russia. He answered questions from Hadrien Bect and Bérengère Bonte.

ArcelorMittal has detailed the number of job cuts planned for April 30, 2025, at its seven sites in northern and eastern France. A total of 636 jobs are affected, including 194 at the Florange site in the region where Laurent Jacobelli is elected. " The Grand-Est region gave ArcelorMittal a subsidy of €1.6 million ," denounces the Moselle MP, who is calling for a clause requiring multinationals not to lay off workers in exchange for public aid. " We must stop this hemorrhage ," he declares, ten days after the announcement of the detailed redundancy plan at ArcelorMittal. " At the very end, we can think about " nationalizing, adds the National Rally MP, who is first calling for a " policy of industrial sovereignty ." " First, say that French steel must be used as a priority, second, stop abusive standards " and have " an entry tax " for imported steel that does not respect ecological standards, he explains. " It is French sovereignty that is at stake ," warns the RN spokesperson, deploring a France that " has wallowed in globalization, the harmful effects of which we see ." " If we leave the steel industry to India, China, and Brazil and wipe out our steel industry with a stroke of a pen, it means that tomorrow, there will be an impact on our arms industry, on our automobile industry, and therefore on our sovereignty ," adds Laurent Jacobelli. He assures that he speaks with the management of the steel giant. "I tell them: 'you have a duty, you have benefited from state infrastructure, you have benefited from state aid. There is a counterpart, it is employment.' "

Russia commemorates the 80th anniversary of its victory over Nazi Germany this Friday. Some twenty heads of state are in attendance, including China's Xi Jinping, Brazil's Lula, and Venezuela's Maduro.

" Putin will want to show that despite everything, he continues to have allies or at least people who associate with him " and " that he is at the head of a powerful army ," analyzes Laurent Jacobelli, highlighting the diplomatic stakes of this ceremony in the current international context. According to the MP, Vladimir Putin is also seeking to send a message: " Putin does not want to be convinced or impressed by the West . It is also probably a message to Donald Trump, who today has a somewhat pivotal role in these negotiations between Ukraine and Russia ." " You would have to be naive to believe that this May 9 is a demonstration like the others ," he concludes.