Mayors of the Toulouse metropolitan area gather in the courtyard of the Occitanie prefecture to protest against the budget cuts announced by the French government in Toulouse, wouthwestern France, on November 7, 2024. Several dozen local councillors from the Toulouse region of France, rallied in front of the Haute-Garonne prefecture on November 7, 2024, to express their "anger" towards the "drastic and brutal" cost-cutting measures they are being asked to implement in the 2025 Finance Bill, AFP journalists observed. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP) (Photo by LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images)