According to Valls, the Alstom site in Belfort will be rescued Tuesday

ding to Valls, the Alstom site in Belfort will be rescued Tuesday

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PARIS (Reuters) - Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Sunday that the railway business would be maintained on the Belfort site, which will be "saved" Tuesday.

The Secretary of State for Industry, Christophe Sirugue, to meet Tuesday morning to Belfort unions and the management of Alstom to present its proposals for the rescue site during a working meeting.

"Tuesday will save the Alstom site in Belfort," said Sunday the head of government during the "Grand Jury" RTL-LCI-Le Figaro, adding that "the railway business in Belfort [would] be maintained."

"The secretary of state for Industry will propose a number of concrete ways," continued Manuel Valls, referring to both the role of public procurement and the investments made by the company.

A group works council at European level, to be held the same day to discuss the project management and the government, has been postponed to a later date.

The management of Alstom announced 7 September its intention to transfer its plant in Alsace Belfort, specializing in the production of drive, lack of sufficient controls.

(Myriam Rivet, edited by Pierre Serisier)