Budget 2026: Breaking the deadlock, building a compromise

The economy needs stability and a clear outlook. Business leaders across the country are waiting for strong signals so that they can invest, hire and innovate. At a time when we are facing an unprecedented trade war from the United States, coupled with powerful Asian competition in sectors of the future, France cannot sustainably remain in an institutional stalemate that generates uncertainty.

The challenge is clear: to set a course that will give new impetus to our economy and reduce the pressure on our public finances that is undermining our ability to invest in the future and our social model. 

It's time to move forward, and that requires a culture of compromise, based on responsibility and the general interest.

New Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has the opportunity to chart a course that combines budgetary seriousness, a demand for social justice and economic modernization. 

To chart a new course for sustainable, shared prosperity, economic realism requires us to align our competitiveness model, whose structural limitations are weakening our economic and entrepreneurial fabric, with our strengths and strategic priorities. 

This is the thrust of the concrete, actionable proposals we are putting forward with eight business networks for a Budget 2026 that serves businesses and the common good.

Read the position paper

Discover Impact France's strategic priorities for a Budget 2026 at the service of our companies and the common good: 

• Accelerating the strategic deployment of ecological and social innovations
• Towards a reform of business aid to align the economy with our strategic priorities
• Redirecting VAT to accelerate the transition to a more circular economy
• Converging towards more sustainable modes of mobility in the workplace
• For a fair and resilient energy transition
• Ensuring the long-term future of our companies