Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Renault and Nissan should work on beefing up ties before exploring further merger possibilities
Carlos Ghosn
Carlos Ghosn: key dates since November arrest
Renault’s former chief executive Carlos Ghosn, already facing four charges for alleged financial misconduct in Japan
Fiat withdraws proposal for Renault merger
The carmaker said that “political conditions” in France make a merger impossible
Renault postpones Fiat merger vote amid Nissan resistance
Fiat Chrysler last week proposed a 50-50 combination under a Dutch holding company
Renault to decide on merger talks with Fiat Chrysler
Merger with Fiat Chrysler could create a new global giant spanning the United States, Europe and Japan
Carlos Ghosn’s fight to prove his innocence begins in Tokyo
The trial probably won’t get underway until 2020, several pre-trial hearings between now and then
Nissan full-year net profit more than halves to near-decade low
Nissan’s results came as ex-chairman Carlos Ghosn, now released on bail, awaits his fate after prosecutors hit him with a fourth set of charges over alleged financial misconduct
Carlos Ghosn didn’t receive any money via Oman, says lawyer
After Carlos Ghosn’s first arrest in November, Nissan and Renault uncovered payments made through companies in Oman and Lebanon
Japanese court grants $4.5m bail to Carlos Ghosn
Prosecutors are likely to appeal the court’s decision, delaying his immediate release but public broadcaster NHK said he could walk out of his detention centre ‘as early as Thursday’
Carlos Ghosn indicted on new charges by Tokyo prosecutors
Nissan files criminal complaint against Ghosn for use of funds
Carlos Ghosn accuses Nissan executives of ‘backstabbing’ plot in new video
Carlos Ghosn said there was a fear that the next step of the alliance with Renault and Mitsubishi – and a move towards a merger – would ‘threaten some people or eventually threaten the autonomy of Nissan’
Nissan’s shareholders sack Carlos Ghosn as wife flees Tokyo
Carole Ghosn fled Tokyo on a flight to Paris with support from the French ambassador because she ‘felt in danger’
Ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn rearrested in Tokyo
Authorities detained Ghosn early on Thursday on suspicion of aggravated breach of trust, using company money funnelled through an intermediary for personal purposes,
Carlos Ghosn may be re-arrested ahead of planned news conference
The former chairman of Nissan had a news conference planned for April 11, saying he was ‘ready to tell the truth about what’s happening’
Renault is said to flag Ghosn Oman payments to prosecutor
French newspaper Le Figaro reported that Renault paid the Oman-based distributor through a special cost centre overseen by Carlos Ghosn
Ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn leaves Japan prison on bail
Carlos Ghosn’s bail was the latest twist in a case that has gripped Japan and the business world since the auto industry titan’s November 19 arrest
Ex-Nissan chief Ghosn pays $9m bail, set to leave Japan cell
Carlos Ghosn is expected to walk out of the custody centre in northern Toyko after the court rejected a last-ditch appeal from prosecutors to block his release