Politics · France · 1 hr ago
Horizons proposes €10 billion in extra savings for France’s 2027 budget
Horizons, the party led by Edouard Philippe, proposed an alternative to the French government’s 2027 budget.
The plan would cancel €10 billion in planned tax increases and make an equal amount in additional savings.
Horizons says half the savings would come from state spending and half from social spending.
Its proposals include reversing the suspension of pension reform, which it says would save €1 billion in 2027, and not replacing one in three public workers.
The party shares the government’s goal of reducing the public deficit to 5% in 2027, but says the plan should rely more on restoring social accounts.
Debate on the budget began in France’s National Assembly on Tuesday, and the party intends to put forward its proposals during the discussions.
Horizons has proposed €10 billion in additional savings for France’s 2027 budget.
The party would use those savings to cancel €10 billion in planned tax increases.
Horizons says the savings would be split equally between state spending and social spending.
Its proposals include reversing the suspension of pension reform, which it says would save €1 billion in 2027.
Horizons says it shares the government’s goal of reducing the public deficit to 5% in 2027.
- Who
- Horizons, with proposals outlined by its parliamentary leader Laurent Marcangeli.
- What
- The party proposes €10 billion in additional savings to cancel the same amount in planned tax increases.
- When
- The proposals were outlined on 12 October 2026, ahead of the 2027 budget debate starting on 13 October.
- Where
- France; the budget debate is in the National Assembly.
- Why
- Horizons says the government’s budget does not place enough emphasis on restoring social accounts.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Laurent Marcangeli outlined Horizons’ alternative budget in an interview with Le Figaro.
Debate on the French state budget for 2027 was due to begin in the National Assembly.
- Additional savings
- €10 billion
- Tax increases to cancel
- €10 billion
- State and social spending
- Half of the savings from each
- Pension reform
- Reversing its suspension would save €1 billion in 2027
- Deficit target
- 5% in 2027
What people are saying
Ce n'est pas un 'contre-budget', car cela voudrait dire que nous sommes dans l'opposition. C'est un 'budget alternatif' que nous proposons
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