FR / State Budget 2026: €42.6bn of environmental spendings, including €11.9bn on energy

40.5 bn is the amount of environmentally-friendly French government spending forecast in the 2026 Budget Bill, according to data presented in the 6^th edition of the report on the environmental impact of the State budget, published on 27/10/2025. This amount represents an increase of €2.1bn compared with the expenditure committed in 2025 (€38.4bn in the 2025 State Budget).

On the whole, environmentally-favourable spendings and mixed spendings (spendings that are favourable to the environment on at least one axis), represent €45.8bn in the 2026 State Budget compared with €43.7bn in the 2025 Budget.

The energy sector accounts for €11.9bn of environmentally-favourable and mixed spendings in the 2026 State Budget, an increase of €3.2bn compared with the 2025 State Budget. Expenditure associated with the various support schemes for renewable energy production amounts to €8.2 Bn in the 2026 Budget, up €3 Bn on the 2025 Budget Bill and €6.2 Bn on 2024.

Support for nuclear energy accounts for €1.8bn in the 2026 budget, compared with €1.7bn in the 2025 State Budget. This expenditure covers…