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Oil firm TotalEnergies chief to face French parliament over war-time windfall profits
AFP | May 13, 2026 4:19 AM CST

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Patrick Pouyanne, the chief of energy giant TotalEnergies, will face a grilling next month. The French parliament's finance committee will question him. This is over his group's massive profits during the West Asia war. The company is among those facing calls for a windfall tax. The hearing is scheduled for June 17.

French oil and gas company TotalEnergies
Patrick Pouyanne, head of the energy giant TotalEnergies, will face a grilling next month over his group's massive profits during the West Asia war from the French parliament's finance committee, the committee's head said Tuesday. The company is among several oil and gas majors facing growing calls for a windfall tax.

"With Total's tax situation back in the news, I have decided to call Mr Patrick Pouyanne to appear before the Finance Committee. This hearing will take place on 17 June at 10:00 am," the commission's president, Eric Coquerel of France's Unbowed party, posted on X.


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