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The governor of the Bank of France, François Villeroy de Galhau, reacted to Europe 1 to the slim vote of deputies in favor of the Social Security financing invoice (PLFSS) 2026. “I simply note that this is a step taken”this isn’t “not at all the end of this path”insisted Mr. Villeroy de Galhau.

The governor additionally recalled that“we do not know today if we will be able to sufficiently reduce the total deficit”. “We start from 5.4% of GDP, of the weight of our economy, for this total deficit. We need to be at 3% in four years (…). So, if we have to do this in four years, we have to do a quarter of the way in the first year. This is why I pleaded for a deficit of 4.8% next year”, he noticed.

“I think it remains very important to be as close to that 4.8% figure as possible.”on the similar time “to escape the gradual suffocation of debt, because the interest on the debt is increasingly taking up our room for maneuver” And “to restore confidence”he says.

Mr. Villeroy de Galhau additionally introduced that the Banque de France would elevate its development forecast for 2025 and 2026. “ We were at 0.7% for this year, 0.9% for next year”he clarified, including that he couldn’t but give figures. INSEE and the federal government have already raised their development forecast to 0.8% for 2025.

The Banque de France, nonetheless, forecasts a slowdown in development within the fourth quarter to 0.2% of gross home product (GDP), in comparison with 0.5% within the earlier quarter. “Obviously, even if we went to 1% [de croissance l’année prochaine], that’s not enough. It is resilient, but not sufficient”in accordance with the governor. “The economy and activity are resilient despite this uncertainty” political, he believes, recalling {that a} yr in the past “many feared a recession”which was prevented.