Yes, I wondered about that too.  If there was no serious damage (certainly not into the BILLIONS), then WHY do the French have to be TAXED to death to cover the repair costs????  It looks like another means(justification) of EXTRACTING money from the common French laborer.  New taxes will be added, but no one will ever audit how this tax money will be spent.  So this is just another way to screw over the French worker (you know, the ones that actually show up for work and get taxed to death as a opposed to those who don't work, and are just looking for free hand outs.)