(FILES) French Minister for Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin arrives at the Elysee presidential palace to attend the weekly cabinet meeting during which France's 2025 budget will be 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)