
French mayors and local councillor associations have united to oppose proposed cuts of up to €11 billion in the 2025 draft budget proposed by Prime Minister Michel Barnier.
In a rare joint press conference on the side-lines of the 106th Congress of Mayors, local councillor associations reiterated their strong opposition to what they described as cuts amounting to between €10 and €11 billion in the proposed 2025 budget, which the government has labelled as "five billion euros of savings".