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The 2,000 workers at Stellantis Poissy have been partially unemployed since Monday. For 3 weeks, no car will leave the factory, the last to assemble vehicles in Île-de-France. After the reconversion of the Flins factory and the closure of the Aulnay-sous-Bois factory, what is the future for the automobile industry in our region?
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Every day, 420 Opel Mokkas were produced at the Poissy site, an SUV whose sales are declining in Europe. Since this Monday and for 3 weeks, the channel has been stopped.
“The cessation of car manufacturing in Poissy will cause a social catastrophe among equipment manufacturers and subcontractors. Thousands of jobs will be eliminated, whether PSG comes or not. That’s not the problem. The real problem is that here, they will give up on industrial production and therefore this will cause a social catastrophe”, denounces Jean-Pierre Mercier, South Stellantis Poissy union representative.
Stellantis Poissy is the last factory still producing cars in Île-de-France. In 2014, the Aulnay-sous-Bois site in Seine-Saint-Denis, which assembled Citroën C3s, closed its doors permanently.
Another emblematic factory, that of Renault in Flins. For 70 years, the French manufacturer has manufactured iconic vehicles like the Zoé. More than 400,000 models were produced before its discontinuation. From now on, the manufacturer is developing a used car reconditioning activity, but with half as many employees, because producing in the capital region is a constraint for manufacturers.
Renault has developed a used car reconditioning activity in Flins in Yvelines. • © F3PIDF
“In Île-de-France, there are even more difficulties because we are in an area where land is much more expensive and industrial sites consume hectares. Salaries are higher since the cost of living is also higher. And then finally, as it is in a dense area, there are more logistical and environmental constraints that these sites must respect”, analyzes Arnaud Aymé, an expert in the automotive sector.
So what scenario for the Poissy site? For certain unions, the PSG project could be integrated alongside the reconversion of the factory.
“This factory was born from the car. If tomorrow we no longer make the car, it is sure and certain that it will do something to the heart. But in the end, what interests us, as staff representatives, is: are there jobs to be had or not?” asks Brahim Aït Athmane, FO Stellantis Poissy delegate.
In the meantime, the PSG project is moving forward in Poissy. During the three weeks of non-production, Stellantis management will carry out more than 200 drillings to probe the basements, just to verify the technical feasibility of building a stadium.
Story: Antoine Marguet.