Macron was the prime factor in that sale, and who it ended up benefiting remains to be seen. There is an open inquiry for corruption, embezzlement of public money and concealment. Protectionism is a foreign word to this man.

Also, GE bought a whole company for insane amounts of money, much more than it was worth, and EDF re-bought GE Steam Power later for basically nothing, and that was really all that mattered for nuclear reactors.