LIVE - Budget 2027: examination of the finance bill continues this Thursday in the Chamber

The president of the employers' organization of Entrepreneurs (formerly CPME) Amir Reza-Tofighi assured Thursday that he would stay in France in the event of victory for rebellious France in the presidential election.

“I am very proud to be French, I will fight every day in this country to ensure that our economy develops, to defend businesses and I will be there tomorrow whatever happens,” he declared on Radio Classique, affirming that he would fight the “dangerous ideas that some might carry”.

This statement comes a few days after Medef President Patrick Martin assured that an LFI victory in 2027 would make certain bosses, including himself, “flee” or that he would in any case be demotivated to continue running his company in France.

More than 400 million euros from the 2026 budget, notably dedicated to renewable energies, were reallocated for aid to farmers announced in September and fuel aid, according to a decree published in the Official Journal on Thursday.

This decree plans to cancel for 2026, 406 million euros in commitment authorizations, a term designating the maximum expenditure “that can be incurred” during one year for a specific action (the equivalent of a purchase order), and 416 million euros in payment credits, i.e. the sum disbursed each year by program to pay the invoices.

These cancellations are made “mainly on the precautionary reserve” of the “public energy service” program, details a report on the decree. This program's mission is notably to support the development of renewable electrical energies or to implement a inclusive energy policy in order to protect consumers in situations of energy poverty.

The executive intends to integrate a certain number of amendments in support of the profession in the copy of the 2027 budget. An “agricultural recovery plan”, according to the minister, of which she detailed a certain number of concrete measures: adapting livestock buildings so that the animals do not suffocate from the heat; improve water management, a “precious resource”; finally, facilitate access to credit for farmers, with the announcement of a package of 2 billion euros in zero-interest loans.

This recovery plan must complement the emergency measures announced in September to support farms hit by drought. The objective being to “give farmers the certainty that the State and the French are at their side,” said the minister this Thursday morning on franceinfo. But for that, “we need a budget for agriculture,” she warned, as the budgetary marathon continues today in the National Assembly.

The deputies approved on Wednesday evening in the hemicycle the French participation in the EU budget provided for in the finance bill (PLF) for 2027, despite the votes against from LFI and the RN.

But at the end of the session they partially unraveled article 2 aimed in particular at bringing the taxation of daily allowances closer to that of income tax.

The article providing for a levy of 30.9 billion euros for the benefit of the EU next year was adopted by 111 votes to 93.