Thi photograph shows the Hayange ArcelorMittal Blast Furnaces in the background, closed on October 1, 2012, in Hayange, eastern France, on May 16, 2024. In the run-up to the European elections on June 9, AFP took to the roads of France to find out what was at stake at both national and continental level, and visited around Hayange Blast Furnaces, in Hayeange, eastern France, on May 16, 2024. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)