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Employees and trade union members listen to speeches as they gather at the Saint-Fons Domo-Polytchenyl factory during a demonstration to protest against the loss of around 500 jobs in Saint-Fons, southeastern France on April 28, 2026. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP via Getty Images)

A protester poses wearing a t-shirt with added marker reading "DOMO (not) caring is our formula" as employees and trade union members gather at the Saint-Fons Domo-Polytchenyl factory during a demonstration to protest against the loss of around 500 jobs in Saint-Fons, southeastern France on April 28, 2026. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP via Getty Images)

Employees and trade union members listen to speeches as they gather at the Saint-Fons Domo-Polytchenyl factory during a demonstration to protest against the loss of around 500 jobs in Saint-Fons, southeastern France on April 28, 2026. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP via Getty Images)

Employees and trade union members gather at the Saint-Fons Domo-Polytchenyl factory during a demonstration to protest against the loss of around 500 jobs in Saint-Fons, southeastern France on April 28, 2026. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP via Getty Images)

A trade union member (C) delivers a speech as employees and trade union members gather at the Saint-Fons Domo-Polytchenyl factory during a demonstration to protest against the loss of around 500 jobs in Saint-Fons, southeastern France on April 28, 2026. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP via Getty Images)

Employees and trade unions listen to speeches as they gather at the Saint-Fons Domo-Polytchenyl factory during a demonstration to protest against the loss of around 500 jobs in Saint-Fons, southeastern France on April 28, 2026. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP via Getty Images)

Employees and trade unions listen to speeches as they gather at the Saint-Fons Domo-Polytchenyl factory during a demonstration to protest against the loss of around 500 jobs in Saint-Fons, southeastern France on April 28, 2026. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP via Getty Images)