PARIS, July 17 (Reuters) – An association of employee shareholders and former employees of EDF announced in a press release on Sunday its intention to “introduce a criminal complaint with civil action” against the State for “putting in difficulty of the business.”
The association Energie en actions, which says its purpose is to “defend the interests of employees and former employee shareholders of EDF”, denounces a “creation in difficulty of the company in defiance of its social interest and of the interests of its minority shareholders, as a result of reckless and dispossessing decisions.”
“Today the State must be accountable for the management exercised as the ultra-majority shareholder of the company, management which has the consequence of seriously robbing very many savers”, can we read in this press release.
announced on Wednesday that it had requested the suspension of the listing of its securities until further notice following the announcements of the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, on a renationalisation of the company.
The State will specify its intentions concerning the capital of the energy company no later than Tuesday, July 19, said Bercy for its part.
The state currently owns 83.9% of EDF, whose stock market value has jumped 30.35% since the announcement of the nationalization, to reach 38.2 billion euros. (Report Elizabeth Pineau)