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France Will Push Ahead With Its Budget Process, Le Maire Says

Bruno Le Maire

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France’s caretaker government is pushing ahead with the steps needed to ensure parliament will have budget bills to vote on in the Fall, Bruno Le Maire said.

The caretaker finance minister said in an interview on France2 television that he plans to send this week to the prime minister’s office spending limits ministry by ministry. Those details are needed for the caretaker government to pull together budget proposals by mid-August, he said.