French communist party (PCF) national secretary Fabien Roussel (L) flanked by head of the CRCE-Kanaky senate group Cecile Cukierman (2nd L) attend a consultation session focused on France's budget, hosted by France's Minister for Economy, Finances and Industrial and Digital sovereignty, at the French Ministry for the Economy and Finances (Bercy), in Paris, on January 8, 2025. The difficult job of delivering a budget plan for 2025 falls to Eric Lombard, the 66-year-old head of public-sector lender Caisse des Depots (CDC), who was named Economy Minister. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP) (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty Images)