France's deficit slipped to 5.5% of GDP in 2023, compared to 4.9% expected by the government. Minister for Public Accounts Thomas Cazenave says he is “open to everything” in order to find savings.
“I'm not going to start saying every time someone puts forward an idea: no, it's very little for us,” he says. On Friday, he procrastinated when asked about a possible deindexation of retirement pensions in relation to inflation in 2025.