The text, the result of an agreement between deputies and senators in a joint committee, must still be voted on in the Senate on Wednesday to be definitively adopted.
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The deputies narrowly adopted, Tuesday, December 2, the finance bill for the end of 2025 management, a text presented as “technical” by the government to make budgetary adjustments, but castigated by some of the opposition. Examined in parallel with the 2026 budget, this text must set the final financial adjustments for the current year, marked by a deficit reaching 5.4% of GDP, i.e. the objective set in the last budget.
“We cannot be satisfied with this level of deficit”recognized the Minister of Public Accounts Amélie de Montchalin, rejoicing however that the objective has been achieved. The text, the result of an agreement between deputies and senators in a joint committee (CMP), must still be voted on in the Senate on Wednesday to be definitively adopted.
It provides for some openings and cancellations of credits, such as an additional 190 million for security expenses overseas and against summer fires. On the cancellation side, 1.6 billion are for example taken from the “France 2030” investment program. In CMP, parliamentarians released additional funds for several areas, including emergency accommodation, wine growers and even the missions of La Poste.
Very insufficient measures for Eric Coquerel, LFI president of the Finance Committee, who believes that voting in favor amounts to endorsing cuts decided by decree, in addition to those of the 2025 budget, evoking “36.5 billion euros in effective cuts for the year” in total. For his part, Matthias Renault (RN) denounced “more than a billion euros in credits” for renewable energies in this end-of-management text.
The RN, its ally the UDR, LFI and the communists voted against. The text narrowly passed thanks to the votes of the government camp and Liot (217 votes against 213) and the decisive abstentions of the PS and environmentalists, who invoked the additional credits released.
