This worsening of nearly 47 billion in the budget deficit is "the consequence of the support measures that we continue to take to best support the recovery", explains the Minister of Public Accounts Olivier Dussopt.
The state budget deficit will amount to "about 220 billion euros" in 2021, against 173.3 billion provided for in the initial finance law, Minister of Public Accounts Olivier Dussopt told AFP on Saturday. This worsening of nearly 47 billion in the budget deficit is "the consequence of the support measures that we continue to take to best support the recovery", according to the minister.