France's Finance Minister Thierry Breton talks to reporters at the Ministry of Finance in Paris.
France's Finance Minister Thierry Breton talks to reporters at the Ministry of Finance in Paris, September 16, 2005. Breton held earlier a meeting with top officials from 10 oil firms including Total, Esso, BP France, and Shell France to demand they do more to help consumers cope with high fuel costs. REUTERS/Franck Prevel FP/fa