Secretary of State for Industry, Christophe Sirugue looks on before a meeting with members of Altsom Belfort factory's trade unions at the Economy minister in Paris on September 13, 2016 after Alstom said it would be "impossible" to continue operations at the site, as French Prime minister said the government was determined to keep it open. France's Socialist government was at loggerheads with Alstom on September 13 as Prime Minister Manuel Valls said the train manufacturing giant's plan to close a historic plant was "out of the question". / AFP PHOTO / JACQUES DEMARTHONJACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty Images