paris dec 2 reuters  the toll charges on frances motorways run by the likes of companies vinci sgefpa and eiffage fougpa will go up by 475 on average next year  below current headline inflation rates  said the french ministry of transport french transport minister clement beaune added in a statement that this motorway toll increase was in line with the governments overall strategy of trying to protect french consumers from rising inflation motorists in france and elsewhere in europe have been hit this year by rising petrol prices as the price of oil has climbed in the wake of russias invasion of ukraine french inflation was up 71 on a yearonyear basis in november