A protesters speaks through a megaphone next to a placard reading "Maybe it was not a such a good idea to sell us to the Americans" during a demonstration of GE Vernova employees to protest against planned job cuts at two of the company's sites in the Loire-Atlantique region, in Nantes, western France, on October 17, 2024. Around 200 employees and union representatives from GE Vernova, General Electric's energy business, gathered at the call of the CFE-CGC and CGT unions, which count 360 jobs at risk: 220 at the Nantes site and 140 at Montoir-de-Bretagne. Management did not confirm the job cuts to AFP. (Photo by Sebastien Salom-Gomis / AFP) (Photo by SEBASTIEN SALOM-GOMIS/AFP via Getty Images)