Janvier 2017 / Financial Times

EDF fends off government pressure to close nuclear plant Board agrees deal that will postpone issue until after French presidential election

Michael Stothard in Paris

The board of French utility EDF has fended off government pressure to close its Fessenheim nuclear plant, agreeing a temporary face-saving deal that will see the issue postponed until after France’s presidential election this spring. Sample the FT’s top stories for a week You select the topic, we deliver the news.

On Tuesday the board of EDF, which is 85 per cent state owned, approved a €490m compensation package for the closure of Fessenheim — a deal (...)

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