The Minister of the Economy, guest of “8:30 am franceinfo”, assures that operators such as Pôle Emploi, the CNRS, or even water agencies, will have to return their surplus cash to the State from 2024. The amount planned by Bruno Le Maire amounts to around 1.25 billion euros.
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“From the 2024 budget, we will recover half of the 2.5 billion euros in excess cash from operators“, announced the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, guest on Tuesday July 25 of the “8:30 a.m. franceinfo”. Among these operators, he cites Pôle Emploi, the CNRS or even “water agencies“. In all, there are 438 listed, they benefit from 76.6 billion euros in public funding.
The boss of Bercy addresses these operators: “You were very lucky, you have affected taxes, so security on the recipe, and in addition you had the support of the recovery plan, so you have a very abundant cash flow.“, he advances. Gold, “nothing justifies that there are such abundant treasuries“, according to the minister.
“The principle of the 2024 budget is to accelerate the country’s debt reduction“, summarizes Bruno Le Maire. According to him, “the objective is to reduce the debt gradually” For “fall below 3% public deficit in 2027“. For this reason, “it requires a reduction in public spending from 2024“, warns the Minister of the Economy.