ميزانية

In a Le Monde op-ed, financier Jean Gatty criticizes France's projected 2026 budget deficits and suggests adopting a Warren Buffett-inspired measure to bar lawmakers' re-election if the deficit exceeds 3% of GDP.

2 فبراير، 2026 من إعداد الذكاء الاصطناعي

انتقد وزير التعليم العام والعمل في كيرالا ف. سيفانكوتي بشدة ميزانية الاتحاد 2026-27 لتجاهل التعليم في المدارس العامة وخيانة مصالح العمال لصالح الشركات. وأبرز نقص التركيز على بنية تحتية المدارس ورعاية العمال. ودعا سيفانكوتي الحكومة المركزية إلى تبني نماذج التعليم الشاملة في كيرالا.

Over four consecutive budget cycles from 2023 to 2026, hundreds of billions of pesos allocated for infrastructure projects like airports, railways, and flood control were stripped from the national budget. This led to idle loans, escalating costs, and harm to communities. According to a former budget secretary, this defunding did not save money but wasted it.

27 يناير، 2026 من إعداد الذكاء الاصطناعي

France's Ministry of National Education announced, one month late, a distribution of resources for the 2026 school year that includes more teacher job cuts than outlined in the draft finance law. Public primary schools will lose 2,229 positions, and middle and high schools over 1,800. The ministry describes this as merely a 'reserve adjustment'.

Senate President Gérard Larcher called the 2026 budget 'bad,' co-constructed with the Socialist Party, and announced that the upper house will monitor its execution. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resorted to Article 49.3 to pass the revenues and expenses sections, narrowly avoiding two no-confidence motions. The text could be promulgated mid-February, with cuts in public spending.

24 يناير، 2026 من إعداد الذكاء الاصطناعي

The issue of controlling public sector workforce resurfaces during the 2026 budget review. The Senate revived the principle of not replacing one in two retiring civil servants, a measure started under Nicolas Sarkozy. This longstanding debate on the number of civil servants in France spans political eras.