Head of French employers organisation Medef Patrick Martin (2ndR) welcomes his Italian and German counterparts, head of Cofindustria Emanuele Orsini (L) and BDI director Tanja Goenner (R) and French Prime Minister Michel Barnier ahead of the France-Italy-Germany Trilateral business forum in Paris, on November 22, 2024. Now in its sixth year, the Trilateral Forum brings together the MEDEF, Confindustria and BDI business associations of the three countries, which represent the industrial sectors of the largest European economies. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP) (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP via Getty Images)