Question 5353 — industry

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Mr. Thibaut Monnier draws the attention of the Prime Minister to the abandonment by the State of the Verney-Carron company, the flagship of French armory. For the price of a single Caesar cannon, the State is about to abandon one of the last jewels of French armory. Well known to hunters and the military, the Verney-Carron company, founded in 1820 in Saint-Étienne, is the oldest French manufacturer of small arms intended for security and defense. Long specializing in hunting weapons, the two-hundred-year-old family business also produces and markets the defense bullet launcher (LBD) used by the internal security forces (ISF). At a time when the President of the Republic announces that "massive joint funding will be decided to purchase and produce on European soil munitions, tanks, weapons and some of the most innovative equipment", how can we accept that the State abandons a flagship of the arms industry, guarantor of France's military sovereignty? However, this is what is happening following the incomprehensible refusal of the Ministry of the Economy and Finance to grant it a loan of 4.5 million euros via the Fund for Economic and Social Development (FDES), granted by the State to companies for support their financial and commercial restructuring. Without this state aid, Verney-Carron cannot support a long-term industrial strategy, continuing its centuries-old heritage. Already affected by significant deindustrialization, the Saint-Étienne basin did not deserve such abandonment. More than 100 families will be impacted by this closure decision. Labeled Living Heritage Company (EPV), Verney-Carron employs more than 70 employees, who have already been partially unemployed since the end of last year. France has already lost the Manhurin company sold to the United Arab Emirates, it is time to put an end to this deadly hemorrhage for jobs and the country's defense capacity. He asks him if he can prevent the closure of this company and order Bercy to grant the loan necessary for its rescue.

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