COLUMN. The final version of the 2026 budget bill is nothing more than a list of abandoned efforts that France will have to undertake sooner or later, given looming demographic, climate and industrial challenges, as well as an unsustainable level of debt, writes Le Monde columnist Stéphane Lauer.

With the 2026 budget bill expected to be passed into law next week, MPs are taking stock of the long debates, hoping to draw lessons for the 2027 budget.

COLUMN. The final version of the 2026 budget bill is nothing more than a list of abandoned efforts that France will have to undertake sooner or later, given looming demographic,…