(From L) Head of French auto industry lobby PFA ("plateforme de l'Automobile") Luc Chatel, France's Minister for Labour, Health and Solidarities Catherine Vautrin, France's Minister for Economy and Finances Bruno Le Maire and France's Deputy Minister for Industry and Energy Roland Lescure and Head of the Haut de France regional council Xavier Bertrand sign the 2023-27 new strategic contract, which defines the mutual commitments of the French government and the industry to produce the electric vehicles of tomorrow in France, during a meeting of the "Comite strategique de la filiere automobile" (Strategic committee for the automotive industry) at the French Ministry for the Economy and Finances (Bercy), in Paris, on March 6, 2024. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images)