The seriousness of the reality of public finances, at this time of slowing growth, is gradually being revealed.
France does not straighten out its accounts, it continues to dig deeper.
The 2023 budget deficit, of which INSEE will give the final level in a few days, will have been
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significantly higher
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than the 4.9% forecast, and therefore much higher than the 4.7% for the year 2022. To have a small chance of meeting the 2024 objective (4.4%), it was necessary, from February, to cancel 10 billion euros of credits.
Next year, we will have to find 20 billion, Bercy warned.
Over three years, 50 billion are missing, warns the Court of Auditors.
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