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"We made significant headway in reshaping the company, " Louis Gallois, chief executive of EADS, said.
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Mr Gallois may also be obliged to find someone to fill another tricky job at Airbus.
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Louis Gallois, a former businessman, is due to produce a report next month.
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Mr Gallois is well qualified to tackle the trickiest job of his career.
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"French industry has not succeeded, with some exceptions (luxury goods, aeronautics, nuclear, pharmaceuticals, and some food products), to move upmarket, " Mr. Gallois concluded.
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French industry finds itself "caught in the middle, " Mr. Gallois said.
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It will not be so easy for Mr Gallois to pull off the same trick, since it implies lower wages for the workers under new owners.
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Mr Gallois hopes it won't take quite so long.
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France's dilemma is described in a November report on competitiveness to the French government by Louis Gallois, the former chief executive officer of EADS. Bottom line: Unlike their counterparts across the Rhine, French industrial companies have ended up in the wrong segment of the global product markets.
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