French president Jacques Chirac has suggested a US company should be referred to Brussels for a probe into its plan to cut 5,900 jobs in Europe by 2008.
Mr Chirac has instructed his ministers to prepare an appropriate response to Hewlett-Packard's plan and make sure the company shows "full respect" for labour laws in France, where over 1,000 jobs are to be cut.
"Given the reach of the plan across Europe, he [the president] also asked the government to [refer it to] the European Co...
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