The Prime Minister remains in the fire of criticisms after posing the 2026 budget equation, with 40 to 50 billion euros to find. If he dismisses the track of tax increases, he prepares behind the scenes of numerous savings measures.
Published the 16/04/2025 07:22 Updated the 16/04/2025 10:12 Reading time: 2min
-In a tense context, with 40 to 50 billion euros in savings to find, François Bayrou announces that he will present this summer, before July 14, the main budgetary guidelines after consultations and consultations. “The survival of our country is at stake“Prevents the Prime Minister after his speech on Tuesday, April 15. He wants to save time, not only to last: behind the scenes, it’s a particularly bitter potion that is preparing.
Strongly criticized, François Bayrou takes his time and momentum. His bedside book of the moment is the Ravignon report, says one of his relatives. A report, carried by the mayor (ex-LR) of Charleville-Mézières, presented a year ago, which points to the multiplication of local authorities and the cost of the territorial mille-feuille, of at least seven and a half euros. “”IIt is necessary to remove these layers which do not work, find 4 or 5 billion in these money pumps! “, let go of a relative of François Bayrou. A year before the municipal elections, the same also defends a frank cut in aid for thermal renovation of the buildings.
Another expense post in the viewfinder: social spending, reopen the debate on the tax reduction of 10% for retirees. Even if, two years before the presidential election of 2027, there is the risk of putting this diligent electorate on the back. A new unemployment insurance reform is also envisaged, at the risk of robbing unions. A sum of test balloons, or rather work hypotheses subject to “co-construction”, promises Matignon. “It’s the Bayrou method”, defends a friend of the Prime Minister, who recognizes that she is not “Not always understood.”
