{"id":5285,"date":"2012-08-18T21:19:26","date_gmt":"2012-08-19T01:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=5285"},"modified":"2012-08-18T21:19:26","modified_gmt":"2012-08-19T01:19:26","slug":"french-industrial-policies-are-aiding-rapid-decline-of-peugeot-spiegel-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/08\/18\/french-industrial-policies-are-aiding-rapid-decline-of-peugeot-spiegel-online\/","title":{"rendered":"French Industrial Policies Are Aiding Rapid Decline of Peugeot &#8211; SPIEGEL ONLINE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Dietmar Hawranek and Isabell H\u00fclsen:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>When Helping Is Hurting<\/strong><br \/>\nIronically, the victims of these two developments &#8212; focusing on production in France and high wage increases &#8212; are those whose cause is being championed by governments and labor representatives: the autoworkers themselves. Workers at the [Peugeot] Aulnay plant had to look on as their company went into gradual decline. Aulnay was once one of the most modern plants in the country, annually producing more than 400,000 cars. Today, fewer than 140,000 vehicles roll off its assembly lines each year. An auto plant that produces so few vehicles can hardly be profitable. If President Hollande and the unions compel Peugeot to keep the plant in operation, they will only accelerate the company&#8217;s demise.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href='http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/europe\/french-industrial-policies-are-aiding-rapid-decline-of-peugeot-a-850348.html#ref=rss'>French Industrial Policies Are Aiding Rapid Decline of Peugeot &#8211; SPIEGEL ONLINE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dietmar Hawranek and Isabell H\u00fclsen: When Helping Is Hurting Ironically, the victims of these two developments &#8212; focusing on production in France and high wage increases &#8212; are those whose cause is being championed by governments and labor representatives: the autoworkers themselves. 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