Deficit

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.

December 12, 2025 Reported by AI

After the central economic work conference, analysts said the fiscal deficit ratio is likely to stay at this year’s record 4 per cent in line with ‘targeted’ spending. Officials called for maintaining a “necessary deficit size, total debt and expenditure volume” in a statement issued after the annual meeting ended on Tuesday. The December gathering typically sets the broad agenda for economic work in the coming year.