French Senator and president of the 'Ecologist - Solidarite et Territoires' group in the Senate Guillaume Gontard (R), next to Co-President of the 'Ecology – NUPES (New People's Ecologic and Social Union)' parliamentary group at the National Assembly Cyrielle Chatelain, answers journalists at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on September 21, 2022, after the government's consultations ahead of the ordinary parliamentary session which opens on October 3, 2022. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)