Despite the French government's expected fall on Monday, September 8, passing a budget for 2026 before the end of the year is still possible, according to Amélie de Montchalin, the minister for public accounts, speaking in an interview to Le Monde. Otherwise, said the member of President Emmanuel Macron's Renaissance party, a prolonged reliance on a special law to roll the 2025 budget credits and expenditures over for a time would risk creating insurmountable difficulties.

Yes. It is still possible, and that is obviously what I want. The budget is, first and foremost, a bill that we are actively preparing. The law says that, after opinions from the High Council for Public Finances and the Council of State, the budget bill is to be reviewed by the Council of Ministers and then submitted to the Assemblée Nationale before the first Tuesday in October, which this year falls on October 7.

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