威廉·霍罗宾雷诺公司首席执行官弗朗索瓦·普罗斯托表示，如果政治和社会层面提供支持，雷诺计划在未来几年继续投资法国电动汽车产业。
By William Horobin Renault SA plans to keep on investing in France’s electric-vehicle industry in the coming years, if the political and social will supports it, Chief Executive Francois Provost said.
普罗斯托周六接受法国国际广播电台采访时表示，法国政府持有雷诺公司15%的股份。该汽车制造商过去五年已投入130亿欧元（约合146亿美元），推动电动汽车在法国本土生产，并准备延续这一势头。
The carmaker, 15%-owned by the French state, has dedicated €13 billion ($14.6 billion) to boosting EV production in its home country over the last five years and is prepared to continue that momentum, Provost said Saturday on France Inter radio.
这位首席执行官说：“未来五年，如果法国社会和政治环境允许，我们将投资超过100亿欧元，继续推动电动汽车发展，并让汽车价格更加亲民。”
“Over the next five years, if the social and political context in France allows it, we will invest more than €10 billion to continue pushing ahead with electric vehicles and make cars more affordable,” the CEO said.
距离 elections 还有七个月，法国大选将结束总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙长达十年的执政时期，法国政治环境正变得日益难以预测。议会中围绕国家预算的激烈拉锯进一步加剧了紧张局势。少数派政府正试图推动一项计划，主要依靠不受欢迎的削减开支措施以及对大型企业加税来遏制严重赤字，而法国经济正处于艰难时期。
The political climate in France is becoming increasingly unpredictable with just seven months to go before elections that will bring an end to President Emmanuel Macron’s decade in power. An increasingly acrimonious tug-of-war over the country’s budget in parliament is adding to the strain, as the minority government tries to push through a plan that leans heavily on unpopular spending cuts and taxing large corporations to help rein in a bloated deficit at a testing time for the economy.
最近的民意调查显示，4月大选可能进入第二轮决选，由极右翼领跑者马琳·勒庞对阵极左翼激进人物让-吕克·梅朗雄。
Recent polling has shown April’s election may come down to a second-round runoff between far-right front-runner Marine Le Pen and the far-left firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
这一局势令投资者不安，加剧了法国资产抛售，并本周将法国主权融资成本推至15年来欧元区债务危机高峰以来的最高水平。
The situation has rattled investors, fueling a selloff of French assets and driving up sovereign borrowing costs this week to levels not seen since the height of the euro-area’s debt crisis 15 years ago.
普罗斯托表示，法国占雷诺业务的20%和员工总数的40%，因此市场波动令雷诺深感担忧。
Provost said the market moves are “worrying” for Renault as France accounts for 20% of its business and 40% of its workforce.
“我们确实押注了法国，而且会继续押注法国，”他说。“因此，法国任何出现不稳定的情况，都会对雷诺、我们的员工以及我们的供应商造成重大影响，所以，是的，我对此感到担忧。”普罗沃斯特还再次呼吁欧盟采取行动，应对该地区与中国之间汽车贸易的不平衡现象。
“We have really bet on France and we will continue to bet on France,” he said. “So any scenario of instability in France would have a major impact on Renault, a major impact on our employees and a major impact on our suppliers, so yes, I am worried.”Provost also repeated his calls for the European Union to take action to address imbalances in the region’s automotive trade with China.
“目前来自中国的进口增长过快，实际上并未得到有效控制，”他说。“解决之道不是关税战，而是中欧之间达成一项协议：欢迎中国汽车制造商进入欧洲，但前提是它们不仅要在欧洲生产，还要使用欧洲供应商并带来技术。”
“The flow of imports coming from China is currently too rapid and not really under control,” he said. “The answer is not a tariff war, but an agreement between China and Europe that says Chinese carmakers are welcome provided they not only manufacture here, but also use European suppliers and bring technology.”