"We can't accept that a group that is 100% state-owned should not respect the President's word," said Fabien Deschamps, CGT delegate at the Cordemais power station, after a general meeting at the site attended by around 150 employees. EDF management announced that the Ecocombust project would be abandoned and that the plant would close in 2027. The CGT, CFE-CGC and FO unions have agreed to give notice of a strike in the next few hours, which will cover the entire winter period. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES