Airbus troubles top agenda at summit talks

The burden of possible job cuts at Airbus should be spread between its two main sites in Hamburg, Germany, and Toulouse, France, French President Jacques Chirac said today.

Speaking after talks with visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Chirac said the “key to the success” of restructuring at Airbus is that cuts should be “harmoniously shared between the two main sites, Hamburg and Toulouse".