French finance minister Thierry Breton is meeting the co-chairman of EADS on Thursday to discuss the crisis caused by delays at its Airbus company.
He will talk with Manfred Bischoff about the fallout from the problems with the A380 superjumbo.
Earlier the government said it would "take all necessary steps" to resolve the production delays.
These steps include a possible revision of the Franco-German pact that prevents state interference in Airbus.
France, which owns a 15% stake in EADS, threatened action after Airbus announced a fresh delay in deliveries of its A380 superjumbo passenger jet because of problems with the plane's wiring system.
"We won't just seek (compensation), we will get it"
EADS shares fell 26% on the news last week, prompting fierce parliamentary debates.
Compensation demand
The delays are expected to reduce the firm's annual profits by 500m euros between 2007 and 2010.
There are fears airlines will cancel orders and Australian carrier Qantas has insisted it is to be paid compensation for late delivery of its planes.
"We won't just seek it, we will get it," chief executive Geoff Dixon said.
Meanwhile, Mr Bischoff's counterpart Noel Forgeard is already under scrutiny over share sales he made in the lead up to the announcement of delays.
Mr Forgeard has denied any wrongdoing.
According to the accusations, Mr Forgeard earned 2.5m euros ($3.1m; £1.7m) selling EADS shares weeks before it emerged the A380 was facing delays.
Some shareholders have called for an investigation into the timing of the sales and want an explanation as to why there were not told earlier about the problems at Airbus.
Possible changes
In a radio interview Mr Breton refused to be drawn on whether he had confidence in Mr Forgeard - but said he trusted the French financial regulator to carry out its probe.
Mr Breton earlier told parliament he had been in discussions with a leading EADS shareholder about possible changes to the ownership structure of the company, and the way Airbus is managed.
EADS was created in 2000 by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra of France, Construcciones Aeronáuticas (CASA) of Spain, and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (DASA) of Germany.
About one-third of its shares are traded on European stock markets, with the majority of outstanding stock held by major shareholders including Germany's DaimlerChrysler and French media firm Lagardere.
French politicians have suggested changes to the Airbus/EADS relationship since British firm BAE Systems announced it was looking to sell its 20% stake in Airbus.
Press reports have suggested that Airbus management could be merged with that of EADS to streamline decision making.
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