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Senate Report Warns Agency Cuts Fall Short of Savings Goals, Unveils 60 Reform Proposals

By quantifying a shortfall in projected savings, the commission pushes for targeted mergers, mission transfers, unified oversight, prefect coordination, shared support services to steer the government’s mid-July budget plan.

La ministre des Comptes publics évoquait une économie de 2 à 3 milliards d’euros sur trois ans dans le cadre d’une réorganisation des agences de l’État.
Le rapport recense 434 opérateurs, 317 organismes consultatifs et 1153 organismes publics nationaux en France.
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Les sénateurs ont passé au crible les missions et les modes de fonctionnement des 434 opérateurs, 317 organismes consultatifs et 1 153 organismes publics nationaux qui existent en France…

Overview

  • The commission maps an “archipelago” of 434 state operators, 317 consultative bodies and 1,153 public entities with blurred boundaries and limited visibility for the central government.
  • It finds that even a 20 percent cut to agency support functions would yield only €540 million in savings, far below both the government’s €40 billion target for 2026 and the €2–3 billion estimate for 2027.
  • About 60 recommendations call for fusing overlapping agencies, reassigning missions to ministries or prefectures and mutualizing support services to improve coherence.
  • The report highlights a lack of consolidated financial and human-resources data, noting many agencies operate without performance contracts or systematic mission letters.
  • With the mid-July budget roadmap set to outline €40 billion in savings for 2026, the government faces pressure to integrate the commission’s findings into cross-party negotiations and contend with political instability.