Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
ArcelorMittal is a global steel producer with its headquarters located in Luxembourg. On the 23rd of April, it announced the suppression of around 600 jobs in their "North cluster" sites. This decision affects the sites of Dunkerque, Florange, Basse-Indre, Mardyck, Mouzon, Desvres and Montataire.
There is a crisis in the steel industry in Europe, but Arcelor's management justifies these job cuts by the lack of competitiveness of steel in Europe and the transfer to India of certain support functions from all its European sites. Arcelor invests massively in India and Brazil and has suspended its decarbonization investment plans in Europe at the end of 2024, notably in Dunkerque, where it had planned to invest €1.8 billion with €850 million in state aid. The CGT union indicated that Arcelor employs around 20,0000 people in Dunkerque. The trade unions are alerted to the future of the company in France.
Previous business closure is recorded in the ERM database in 2024 with 130 job cuts in France ArcelorMittal Centres de services - 2024
Updated, 18 December 2025: The state services validated the agreement with the CFDT and CFE-CGC, even though the accompanying measures have yet to be defined. The CGT trade union refused to sign the agreement, deeming the measures unsatisfactory. A total of 224 occupied jobs will be cut. The rest are largely unoccupied; in other words, there are no employees in the roles anymore. Indeed, the company has internally redeployed employees. 41 jobs will be cut in Basse-Indre, 15 in Montataire, four in Mardyck, and two in the Paris headquarters. In November, the National Assembly adopted a bill proposing the nationalisation of ArcelorMittal France. It is unlikely that this proposal will be successful.
Eurofound (2025), ArcelorMittal Services, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 202652, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202652.
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