Budget: "The Account Is Not There", Reframes Minister Amélie De Montchalin

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Prior to the presentation of the 2026 budget on 14 July, the government continues to focus on reducing spending rather than increasing taxation, to release €40 billion.

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The Minister of Public Accounts, Amélie de Montchalin, considers that the efforts proposed by the ministers are insufficient.

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The Prime Minister, François Bayrou, is due to present by 14 July the main lines of the 2026 budget. The government continues to explore ways to achieve savings. But for the time being, "the account is not there," according to the Minister of Public Accounts Amélie de Montchalin.

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Bercy asked each department to submit spending reductions for Budget 2026. "A good minister gives room for manoeuvre," said the Minister of Public Accounts.

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"After the 2021 elections, the then government had at the top of its priority list the unnecessary increase in the number of ministerial posts and the associated costs. It should not have come as a surprise to anyone when this government took office that its first task was to reduce the number of ministries again and thereby save 350 million. ISK. per year. Of course, this is not a large amount in the grand scheme of things, but it all matters,"…

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The minister asks the members of the government to review their copies, their first proposals being too expensive. Bercy announces a decrease in the number of officials. Most of the 40 billion will be driven by savings. Only tax measures: the extinction of niches and the fight against fraud.