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Put back on a capitalistic equal footing, the two manufacturers are unveiling several industrial projects. Their new partnership is signed for 15 years.
By Olivier Ubertalli, in London
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Lhen he took office in July 2020 as Renault’s general manager, Luca de Meo asked his troops: “But where are the billions of euros in synergies that we are generating within the framework of the alliance with Nissan? “Traumatized and still torn despite the first gestures of appeasement by the president of Losange, Jean-Dominique Senard, the governance of the alliance established in 1999 is pitching.
Craftsman of the recovery of Seat and Fiat, the Italian leader realizes the gap that has widened over the years between the two partners of the Alliance. The coup in 2015 by Emmanuel Macron, then Minister of the Economy, who dared to defy the Japanese allies by imposing the implementation of the Florange law (known as the “law of double voting rights”) at Renault and therefore strengthening the…