Minister of the Economy and Finance and Industrial, Energy and Digital Sovereignty,Roland Lescure delivers a speech during a visit to the site of the Caremag plant, belonging to Carester, a French company specializing in the extraction, processing and recycling of strategic minerals, particularly rare earth elements, in Lacq, south-western France, on May 5, 2026. (Photo by Gaizka IROZ / AFP via Getty Images)