2027 Budget: Maud Bregeon Defends a "Difficult" Effort While Ruling Out "Austerity"
The government spokesperson responded to Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu's announcements on the 2027 budget, which targets bringing the public deficit down to 5%.
Government spokesperson Maud Bregeon defended on Thursday, September 18, the 2027 budget proposal presented by Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, describing the required effort as "difficult" while rejecting the notion of an "austerity" or "fiscal discipline" plan, according to remarks reported in a live broadcast by Le Monde dedicated to the 2027 presidential election.
According to the spokesperson, a budgetary effort will be required from all ministries. Their budgets should remain stable between 2026 and 2027, with the exception of funding dedicated to apprenticeship and the green fund, which would be exempt from this freeze.
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, for his part, is targeting a public deficit reduced to 5% in 2027, an objective presented as a milestone in the trajectory of public accounts reduction undertaken by the government.
These announcements come in a political context marked by the beginning of the 2027 presidential campaign, a period during which the government's budgetary choices are subject to close scrutiny by the various political parties.
Le Monde specifies in its live news feed that these statements follow Sébastien Lecornu's initial announcements concerning the broad outlines of the 2027 budget, without further detailed figures being communicated at this stage on the precise distribution of the effort among the various ministries.
Sources
- EN DIRECT, présidentielle 2027 : Maud Bregeon défend un budget 2027 « difficile » mais pas « d’austérité ou de rigueur » — Le Monde — Une
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