France: Public Development Assistance, victim of the 2025 budget

The Fitch agency maintains Frances rating at AA now placed

In France, the budget for Public Development Assistance (ODA), which benefits the African continent in particular, could decrease even more than initially planned. At the end of last year, the government was counting on an effort of 1.3 billion euros. We are now talking about more than 2 billion. In the Senate, where budgetary discussions resumed last week, the pill is hard to swallow for certain elected officials, who see in ODA a policy of solidarity to be preserved.

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