France Halted Eutelsat's Sale of Ground Antennas, Finance Minister Says

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France has stopped the planned sale of the ground antennas of the satellite operator Eutelsat for reasons of national security.

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Roland Lescure, the French finance minister, announced Friday that he earlier blocked this week Eutelsat to sell his landline antennas, calling for concerns related to national security under the conditions in which the operator...

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In the space of a few days, the Ministry of Economy authorized the sale of a defence company to the Americans, and refused to let another sell its technology to a Swedish fund. This Friday morning on TF1, Roland Lescure explained and justified his choices. "When it is strategic interests, I say no, and otherwise I say yes with conditions," he summarized. - LMB Aerospace sold but Eutelsat prevented selling its antennas on the ground... Roland Les…

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Minister of Economy Roland Lescure said on Friday that he had prevented the acquisition by the Swedish EQT fund of the antennas on the ground of the French group Eutelsat.