"More competitive than the United States": the risky promise of the CEO of EDF

The turmoil at EDF, the major French public electricity company, is taking a different turn with the announcement of the imminent departure of its CEO, Luc Rémont. This news comes at a time when the exchanges between EDF and its partners, notably the shareholder state and some industrialists, are growing. As Rémont's mandate comes to an end, the economic and strategic stakes for the company have never been so palpable. A change to the head under…