French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin (C) shakes hands with EDF (Electricity of France) head Pierre Gadonneix (L) as French Finance Minister Thierry Breton watches before the announcement that France's conservative government will privatise up to 15 percent of power giant EDF at a news conference in Paris October 24, 2005. Villepin said the French state would keep at least 85 percent of the state utility after opening up its capital to the public in a manoeuvre to be launched within days.