belfort wants to shut it. the government says no way. we'll get a decision next week from the government how to keep that plant alive. some analysts said yes taking a bit of shine off stocks amid uncertainty. any decent government proposal will likely include a plan to boost orders. that means support for additional action at belfort and hopefully support to secure those jobs. earlier we spoke the mayor of belfort and he was encouraged that would eventually be the case. on the political front i did speak to one of the union representatives earlier and asked him whether or not the current government was doing enough to support the site. here's what he had to say. >> my opinion is that alstom has a lot of problem and in the past the problem was not in the top of their problem because of economic calls and quality calls. now alstom problem is now trying to answer to these questions. so it's better to begin now than not to begin. >> these protesters demonstrating behind me, they are trying to make it loud and clear that this is a problem the