{
  "id": 11172338,
  "title": "French government's draft budget relies on tax hikes to take back control over public finances",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/french-governments-draft-budget-relies-on-tax-hikes-to-take-back",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-01T10:35:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2026/10/01/french-government-s-draft-budget-relies-on-tax-hikes-to-take-back-control-over-public-finances_6758135_7.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "PM Sébastien Lecornu's bill aims to slightly reduce the public deficit after it overshot in 2026. Amid soaring interest rates and sluggish growth, it is an ambitious goal. Given the lack of a majority in the Assemblée, there is no guarantee the bill will be adopted.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "French government to lay out budget amid record-breaking public debt",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/french-government-to-lay-out-budget-amid-record-breaking-public-debt",
        "published": "2026-10-01T07:13:59.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}