RESEARCH – Public purchases, essential for the lives of communities and the state, are greatly criticized as a budgetary and legal headache. François Bayrou called for the national rules of a system to reform and to mitigate that weighs a few hundred billions of euros.
“Avoid slowness and extra costs in public purchases” … The formula, pronounced by François Bayrou on July 15, during the presentation of his budgetary tracks for 2026, resonates as a reminder to order. For years, public purchasing has been invited for parliamentary reports, budgetary discourse, reports of mayors and the warnings of experts … a treacherous sea snake that no one seems to have found the parade. The subject is that is so massive if an optimal is: according to the many sources, the annual amount of public purchasing is between 83 billion … and 400 billion euros – to 14 % of GDP. A system whose complex organization slows down the action of communities, discourages companies and increases the final invoice of the state.
Today, this famous obligation in public purchasing has become a burden for many mayors of France. And the prime minister is now planning to reform a system …
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