Verschuldung: Schuldenquote von 117,5 Prozent: Frankreichs Haushalt wird zum Stresstest vor der Wahl
Die steigenden Zinsen verschärfen Frankreichs Schuldenproblem. Der Premier warnt vor einer Finanzkrise, doch die Opposition will im Vorfeld der Präsidentschaftswahl den Haushalt blockieren.
Paris - France has entered a critical phase in the run-up to presidential elections, even before the draft budget for 2027 is ready in Parliament. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu faces a major showdown with his opponents, while France grapples with its fiscal credibility. The government must present its budget proposal by the end of the month, but opposition parties are already threatening to block it.
Presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon intends to cast doubt on the government during budget negotiations. His left-wing party, La France Insoumise, is the second-largest opposition party in Parliament. Criticism also comes from the right-wing Rassemblement National and the Socialists.
Lecornu must ensure necessary cuts, making it increasingly difficult for him to implement them. At the first government session after the summer break, he pledged his cabinet to tough months. Germany, too, becomes an increasingly uncertain partner. The warning from the Parliament highlights just how precarious the situation is. Philippe Juvin, the Finance Committee's general rapporteur of the French National Assembly, criticizes that discussions on state debt are consistently omitted from the debate before presidential elections.
"The debate disappears from the radar," the Republican said to journalists of the French economic journalists' association Ajef, including the Handelsblatt, on Wednesday.
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