or political reasons the display will be tighter

The ate ul hour approach. Less than three weeks o the submission o the Bill o inance (PL ) or 2009, the Go ernment aces a major question o schedule. Should we expect the Council o Ministers o September 26 o set o two days because o tra el o the President o the Republic Nations to adjust macroeconomic orecasts and take the consequences o the degradation o the en ironment Or is it shed the mask rom riday, at the in ormal Council o Ministers o inance (Eco in) o Nice, chaired by Christine Lagarde

Traditionally, the Executi e corrects recon enes its raming in the economic and inancial report published in the appendix to the PL . But this year, pro oking signal multiply and the rance, who chairs the European Union or six months, cannot remain too long suspected o laxity. Also the Minister o the economy does not to un eil aster "not olichons" igures, in the words o a senior o icial, out these days computers o Bercy.

"Best e orts".

According to our in ormation, the Direction o the budget is now expected to inish the year 2008 with a de icit o at least 2.7 o GDP, compared to 2.5. or 2009, the risk is high "jeopardized" the ate ul bar 3 (instead o 2 displayed so ar) beyond which Brussels can initiate a procedure or excessi e de icit.

or political reasons, the display will be tighter. "We shall not be 3 in 2008", assured last night Christine Lagarde. E en i or the sake o credibility, the Go ernment re uses to "too oluntarist" orecast which would be ar more than 0.5 o a point o GDP in the consensus o economists, he intends well to "best e orts" to not exceed 2.7 this year and keep, i possible, the same ratio or the next year, or e en back to 2.6, or the principle. It won't be easy.

The budget end o July, published riday, monthly situation shows that the burden o debt, cause o in lation and interest rates rise, currently risen to more than 3.6 billion last at the same time. The allocation in the accounts o the State is "temporary", said the Department o Budget and, on the whole o the year, the skid will range between 2.5 and 3 billion.

"Total og."

The re enue o the State, they are not yet too degraded by conditions ( 0.4 only at end o July). The registered 2.46 increase in the initial inance law or 2008 is de initi ely unattainable, but the losses o re enue will be "to maximum" 5 billion EUR, continues to pro ide Eric Woerth. The ourth deposit o corporate tax paid by the companies in the last days o December will be crucial. And, by then, it is the great unknown. In truth, it is e en "the total og", says an expert, because Bercy in ormation systems do not consolidate all o the public accounts. Howe er the European Commission mocked the stricto sensu State accounts, which represent only 35 o the total. The public de icit, it is the addition o the results o the State, social security and local communities.