On Wednesday 27 September, the French government presented its finance bill for 2024, which aims to reduce the deficit from 4.9% of national GDP in 2023 to 4.4% in 2024 in order to bring it back into line with the Stability and Growth Pact by 2027, i.e. to 2.7% of GDP.
Assuming GDP growth of 1.0% in 2023 and 1.4% in 2024, the French authorities are announcing a €16 billion reduction in public spending next year, of which €10 billion will come from the end of the tariff shield...