The government is seeking by all means to make savings, to the tune of an additional 10 billion this year. It is in this context that the Minister Delegate in charge of Public Accounts, Thomas Cazenave, announced, Monday February 19, the establishment from 2024 of a flat-rate contribution for employees to the personal training account (CPF).
“This flat-rate contribution will be implemented this year, which will allow us to generate 200 million euros in savings out of a total of 2 billion,” he declared to the press, referring to a measure that was “just ” and “necessary” in a difficult context for public finances.
A decree to this effect is planned for April, the Ministry of the Economy and Finance was told.
The government has revised its growth forecast for 2024 downwards, from 1.4% to 1%, and revealed 10 billion in additional savings to meet its ambition of reducing the public deficit to 4.4% of GDP this year. Intervening in a geopolitical context and a virtual stagnation of the European economy, this new blow comes in addition to the 16 billion savings already included in the budget for 2024, consisting mainly of the removal of the tariff shield in energy .