French Government Considers Extending Corporate Tax and Implementing Savings for 2027 Budget
4 sources across 3 countries · France · Hungary · United Kingdom
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- Le Monde
- France 24
- Telex
- Financial Times
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The French government is preparing its 2027 budget with a focus on reducing the public deficit toward 4.9 percent of GDP. Finance Minister Roland Lescure has indicated that it would be difficult to scrap the surcharge on the country's largest firms, suggesting the exceptional tax may be extended into 2027. This measure was originally presented as a one year effort to recover public accounts, but current fiscal conditions have made its removal unlikely. To further achieve savings, the government is studying a partial desindexation of the highest pensions to slow their growth relative to inflation, as well as reviewing tax advantages and aid for the wealthiest households.
Separately, the Hungarian government is preparing an amendment to its 2026 budget law to be submitted to parliament by August 31. The Ministry of Finance aims to reflect actual economic processes and increase transparency. The government reports that the deficit would have reached 8.3 percent of GDP without intervention, citing wasteful spending and unfavorable contracts from the previous administration. Proposed measures include reducing salaries for government members and representatives, abolishing the Sovereignty Protection Office, and creating a 500 billion forint Emergency Fund for drought and energy crises. Social measures such as school start support and VAT reductions on prescription drugs and firewood are also included.
How each side framed it
- Centre-left
- This outlet highlighted the government's efforts to correct the alleged fiscal mismanagement and wasteful spending of the previous administration.
- Centre
- These outlets focused on the technical goals of deficit reduction and the warnings issued by the finance minister.
Sources
- Centre Financial Times: French finance minister warns tax on big businesses may be extended
- Centre France 24: 2027 Budget: the French government seeks its savings
- Centre-left Le Monde: 2027 Budget: the government ready to renew for a second time the "exceptional" tax on large companies
- Centre Telex: The amendment to the budget law will be submitted to parliament by August 31 at the latest
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