The objective is for industry to provide income, not jobs
We look at the case of France. Industry cannot provide mass job creation for several reasons: Technological progress will continue to reduce manufacturing employment; France cannot reshore labour-intensive industries, given its labour costs; only high-end, robotised industries can be reshored. But a high-end industry does generate value added, i.e. i ncome, which is the objective. This income makes it possible to create jobs in other economic sectors.