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France will propose merging or eliminating a third of its government agencies by year-end to save billions, aiming to cut the budget deficit.
PARIS (Reuters) -The French government will propose combining or eliminating a third of government agencies by the end of the year in a bid to save money, the public accounts minister said on Sunday.
"We will, by the end of the year, propose in the budget that a third of state-backed agencies and operators that are not universities are merged or eliminated," Amelie de Montchalin, the public accounts minister, said in an interview with French broadcaster CNews/Europe 1.
Doing so would save two to three billion euros, she said.
Prime Minister Francois Bayrou's government has sought to cut the public sector budget deficit from 5.4% of economic output this year to 3%, the European Union's ceiling, in 2029.
Finance Minister Eric Lombard has said the government will seek to cut 40 billion euros in spending in the next fiscal year.
(Reporting by Makini Brice; editing by David Evans)
The main topic is France's proposal to merge or eliminate a third of its government agencies to save money and reduce the budget deficit.
The proposal is expected to save two to three billion euros and contribute to reducing the budget deficit.
Key figures include Public Accounts Minister Amelie de Montchalin, Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, and Finance Minister Eric Lombard.
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