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Patrick Pouyanné, TotalEnergies Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, appears in the newspaper interview reported by another outlet published by Le Figaro interview (reported by Le Parisien / AFP) on 2026-05-28. The source gives the interview date as not stated by the source; this is kept separate from the publication date.

The accessible secondary report attributes the interview to Le Figaro and summarizes Pouyanné’s objections to the political debate surrounding energy-company profits and an additional tax. The original Le Figaro interview page was not located, and the interview date is not inferred from the article date.

The accessible evidence is a syndication, republication or secondary report; the original interview page or a full original transcript could not be independently confirmed. Confidence is therefore medium. No recording or conversation date is inferred from the release date.