Emmanuel Macron rejects the idea of an amending budget for 2024. Such a bill could give rise to a motion of censure.
The Republicans are raising the threat with increasing urgency. France's public deficit reached 5.5% of GDP in 2023, according to INSEE, or 15.8 billion euros more than the government had planned. The deterioration of public accounts has led the executive to announce 10 billion euros in savings this year, and “at least 20 billion” next year.