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Mark Banham

EDF chairman to step down as French Government seeks nationalisation

EDF Group is constructing the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant near Bridgwater in Somerset (Ben Birchall/PA)

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The chairman and chief executive of EDF Group the contructor of the £26 billion Hinkley Point C reactor in Somerset Jean-Bernard Lévy is to stand down from his post following the move by the French government to renationalise the energy giant.

Lévy will depart the position “no later than 18 March” next year according to the company and will be replaced in his duties before that date.

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