France wants Renault to maintain its French plants

PARIS (Reuters) - The French government will insist on preserving Renault production plants in France and wants it to remain the carmaker's global centre for engineering, research, innovation and development, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Wednesday.Speaking in the Senate, he said the government was particularly concerned about maintaining the Flins plant, northwest of Paris.At the end of May, Renault plans to outline 2 billion euros of spending cuts over the next three years after..