An employee of US car giant Ford carries a poster reading "Employees are no products" as he arrives to attend a works meeting on November 27, 2024 at the company's plant in Cologne, western Germany. Ford earlier had announced 4,000 more job cuts in Europe, mostly in Germany and Britain, in the latest blow to the continent's beleaguered car industry. Europe's car industry has been plunged into crisis by high manufacturing costs, a stuttering switch to electric vehicles and increased competition in key market China. (Photo by Oliver Berg / POOL / AFP) (Photo by OLIVER BERG/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)