French budget requests almost US$10.6bil


French Prime Minister Michel Barnier leaves following the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, November 27, 2024. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

PARIS: Requests to amend France’s 2025 budget as the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier battles to remain in power would cost almost US$10.6bil, the nation’s budget minister tells Le Parisien in an interview.

“The compromise on the taxation of electricity is not fully financed, and I don’t want this to be done by increasing the taxation of gas,” Laurent Saint-Martin said in an interview published last Saturday.

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