France opposes payout for ex-Air France-KLM CEO
May 30, 2012, 9:47 AM
PARIS (AP) – France’s new Socialist government says it opposes a (EURO)400,000 ($500,920) payout for Air France-KLM’s former CEO, part of its push to rein executive salaries at state-owned companies.
In a statement issued late Tuesday, Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said the state’s representative would abstain from a vote at a Thursday shareholder’s meeting to approve the payout. The government has a 15.9 percent stake in loss-making Franco-Dutch carrier.
Reducing executive pay was one of President Francois Hollande’s signature campaign promises. He has vowed to mandate that the highest salary in state-owned companies is not more than 20 times the lowest salary. His prime minister told a French news magazine this week that the measure would even be applied to the salaries of executives already in their posts.
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