PARIS (Reuters) – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire urged General Electric (NYSE:GE) on Thursday that you follow job commitments at Alstom (PA:ALSO) after the U.S. group informed him it wouldn’t be capable of create possibly previously planned.

GE had dedicated to create 1,000 net new jobs by the end of this holiday season when it bought Alstom's energy business in 2019, but had created only 323 by the end of April, the Finance Ministry said inside of a statement.

After GE Us president John Flannery informed Le Maire the marked was now "away from reach", Le Maire asked him to make sure that "GE take all necessary measures to comply to your better of its abilities" with its commitments.