French Member of Parliament with the "Nouveau Front Populaire" left wing coalition, member of the left-wing party La France Isoumise (LFI) and chairman of the Finance Committee Eric Coquerel (C) speaks to the press before going to Hotel de Matignon to demand the ceiling letters setting the ministries' appropriations under the 2025 draft budget, at the French national Assembly (Assemblee nationale) in Paris, on September 17, 2024. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP) (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP via Getty Images)