The DP rapporteur for the 2025 budget presented her report on Tuesday, focused, for reasons that seemed to escape the opposition, on artificial intelligence. The text must still be debated in the House all day Wednesday before being put to the vote of deputies Thursday morning. While waiting for the majority to support it and the opposition to oppose it, a small reminder of a budget deficit of 1.29 billion euros.
A figure less bad than the forecasts, which envisaged a deficit of 500 million more. Revenues should amount to 29.6 billion euros (+5.2% compared to 2024), for expenses planned at 30.9 billion euros (+4.5%).
But what are all these expenses spent on? Social transfers represent 47% of the entire state budget, according to the summary of the main budget figures on the Chamber of Deputies website. Agent remuneration follows, with almost a quarter of expenses (24%). Pensions (15%) and education (15%) complete the podium, ahead of investments, which represent 4.6% of expenditure.
In addition to the Central Administration budget, Social Security should present a positive balance of 657 million euros in 2025. The municipalities, for their part, should also end the year generally in the green, with +168 million euros.
And the famous debt in all this? It should reach 27.5% of GDP next year and the CSV Minister of Finance wants to lower this figure to reach 26% by 2028.
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