France

Senate

Political system
Presidential-Parliamentary
Structure of parliament
Bicameral
IPU membership
Yes

Budget

Data on parliament’s budget role and activities

Parliamentary powers to amend the budget
Parliament may only decrease existing expenditures/revenues (i.e. Parliament cannot increase existing items or create new ones)
Parliament has a specialized unit to conduct budgetary analysis
Yes

Notes: Finance Committees of the National Assembly and the Senate

Number of staff working in the specialized budget unit
29
Date when parliament received the draft budget from the government, per year
02 Nov 2022
(2022)
Date when parliament adopted the budget, per year
15 Dec 2022
(2022)
Number of days between receiving the draft budget and its adoption in parliament, per year
43
(2022)
National currency
Euro (EUR)
PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion factor
0.670
(2023)
State budget, per year
682,000,000,000 EUR
(2023)
State budget, per year in PPP
947,222,222,222
(2023)

Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No