The French power and transport engineering company Alstom factory in Belfort (eastern France). Photo: AFPAFP · 13 Sep 2016, 10:48Published: 13 Sep 2016 10:48 GMT+02:00The French government said on Monday it had intervened to save the Alstom factory that assembled the country's first high-speed TGV train. Alstom said last week it planned to halt production at the locomotive factory in Belfort, eastern France, prompting a swift response from the Socialist government. Alstom said it wanted to centralise its train production at a site 200 kilometres (125 miles) further north in Alsace and promised to offer the 400 workers in Belfort other jobs. Hundreds of people protested in front of the Belfort factory on Monday, not reassured by the government promises to save the 400 jobs under threat.

Source: The Local September 12, 2016 22:18 UTC