Savings disappeared, deficit increased: the government's copy for the budget torn to shreds by deputies
STORY - Parliamentarians took measures that would worsen the deficit by several billion euros.
There is water in the gas between the government and the National Assembly. For several weeks, the State budget (PLF) and Social Security (PLFSS) projects for 2027 tabled by the executive have been gradually emptied of their substance by parliamentarians, who are unraveling one by one the avenues put on the table by the executive in an attempt to make savings. Enough to seriously shake up the government's stated objective of reducing the deficit to 5% of GDP in 2027 and increasing the Social Security deficit from 21.8 billion euros in 2026 to 12.7 billion in 2027.
Last week, the National Assembly thumbed its nose at Sébastien Lecornu. The deputies examined the Social Security budget, the rejection of which by the Social Affairs Committee did not bode well. In plenary session, elected officials in fact rejected several government measures.
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