France

d2bf25d4e7d1d110520f6a7067003865.jpg

French Economy Minister Arnaud Montebourg waves as he arrives at the National Assembly for a conference on the selling of French engineering company Alstom, in Paris, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Alstom says it will decide by the end of May whether to accept a 12.35 billion euro ($17 billion) offer from General Electric Co. for its energy business. France's government, which regularly intervenes in corporate decision making, had questioned whether selling Alstom to Connecticut-based GE threatens the country's energy independence and jobs. Officials had pressed for more time to allow rival Siemens, based in Germany, to make an offer. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)