Question 8020 — public finances

Summary

Mr. Stéphane Rambaud draws the attention of the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty to the very worrying situation of State finances at the start of 2025. Indeed, in its recent report on the overall situation of public finances, the Court of Auditors paints an extremely worrying picture of the situation in France. After already two difficult years in 2023 and 2024, public debt is peaking now at almost 3,300 billion euros and interest charges at 59 billion euros. The Court of Auditors, usually measured in its comments, is obliged to recognize that this is an exceptional and unprecedented deterioration while economic growth has remained continuously rather positive during the period 2023-2024. The exponential increase in public spending in 2024 explains the poor performance of the finances of the country. France, the only one in Europe to see its public finances continue to deteriorate, has obtained from its partners that the end of its trajectory of returning the deficit below 3 points of GDP be pushed back from 2027 to 2029. This decision alone demonstrates, if it were necessary, the catastrophic situation of France's public finances. Without a more realistic and responsible recovery policy, it is feared that the The slippage of the public deficit for two years makes the measures to be taken even more difficult and unpopular. This is why he asks him to please indicate whether his analysis is consistent with that drawn up by the Court of Auditors and the measures he intends to take in order to urgently put France back on a credible trajectory for the recovery of its public finances.

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