PARIS- Finnish telecoms equipment maker Nokia NOKIA.HE must "really significantly" reduce its announced job cuts in France, an official at the French finance ministry said on Monday.

Nokia said earlier on Monday that it planned to cut 1,233 jobs at its French subsidiary Alcatel-Lucent International, equivalent to a third of the unit's workforce.

"Nokia must improve this job cuts plan really significantly," the finance ministry official said.

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