French Minister for Industrial Recovery Arnaud Montebourg waves goodbye after attending a ministers' meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris May 6, 2013. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
PARIS (Reuters) - While French President Francois Hollande is at pains to repair his fraught relations with business, his industry minister has other ideas - or so many entrepreneurs and even some government colleagues believe.
Proudly protectionist Arnaud Montebourg, who is also Minister for Industrial Renewal, is showing a heavy-handed hostility to foreign and domestic firms just when France needs investment, his critics say.
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