French Finance Minister Eric Lombard says he's confident that the government's 2026 budget plan will be approved by lawmakers. He speaks on Bloomberg Television from Paris a day after Prime Minister Francois Bayrou proposed scrapping two national holidays as part of a wider €43.8 billion ($50.9 billion) plan to repair the nation's public finances. Lombard also discusses the latest US-European Union trade negotiations. 00:00 Prime Minister Bayrou's €44 billion plan to reduce France's deficit;