Deficit: communities refuse to contribute. France's public deficit amounts to 5.5% of GDP in 2023, far from the 4.9% expected.
The Association of Mayors of France (AMF) declared that local authorities have “no reason to be called upon” to fill the state deficit. “We weigh ‘zero’ in the public deficit since according to the figures, we were in surplus of 4.8 billion euros in 2022, that is to say that not only do communities not weigh on the deficit, but they mitigate it”