French economy minister to seek solution to Areva-Siemens' Finland dispute

"I will make a trip in the coming weeks, at the end of the year or in the new year to discuss this subject," Macron told journalists. "The idea is to find an agreement, and that things progress as best as possible."

The long-delayed reactor project in Olkiluoto, Finland, has weighed heavily on state-controlled Areva's finances.

Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) has a 2.6 billion euro ($2.76 billion) claim against the Areva-Siemens consortium at the International Chamber of Commerce's (ICC) arbitration court.

Areva-Siemens have a 3.4 billion euro counter-claim.

($1 = 0.9416 euros)

(Reporting by Yann Le Guernigou; Writing by Leigh Thomas; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)