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Retailleau and Philippe attempted to cement their reputations as fiscally responsible leaders throughout the process, calling for spending cuts to rein in a budget deficit projected to come in at 5.4 percent of gross domestic product at the end of the year.
To that end, both came out against the social security budget, which passed by a razor-thin margin earlier this month. And they have both been dragged into the grueling and at times vaudevillian debate on a state budget, which lawmakers failed to enact before the new year. The government will now roll over the 2025 budget into…
