(FILES) French Minister for Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin speaks during a press briefing following the weekly cabinet meeting during which France's 2025 budget was presented on October 10, 2024 in Paris. Budget Minister Laurent Saint-Martin said he was "not in favor" of a tax increase on gas on October 12, 2024, on TF1, while Minister of Ecological Transition and Energy Agnès Pannier-Runacher had said on October 11, 2024, that the government would propose it via an amendment to the finance bill. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP) (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP via Getty Images)