PARIS, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The French state deficit in 2009 will be some 130 billion euros ($191 billion) but will be less than that in 2010, Budget Minister Eric Woerth said on Sunday in an interview on the I-tele television channel
'It will be some 130 billion. When I say 130 I am not totally certain because I do not know what the tax revenues will be from companies between now and the end of the year, nor the value added tax,' he said.
'The forecast is below that for (the) 2010 (deficit) -- it will be 110 or 115 billion,' he added, saying the fall would be due to better economic growth.
($1=.6802 euros)
(Reporting by Laure Bretton and Marcel Michelson; Editing by Greg Mahlich) Keywords: FRANCE/ECONOMY Keywords: FRANCE/ECONOMY (marcel.michelson@thomsonreuters.com; +33 1 4949 5130; Reuters Messaging: marcel.michelson.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
'It will be some 130 billion. When I say 130 I am not totally certain because I do not know what the tax revenues will be from companies between now and the end of the year, nor the value added tax,' he said.
'The forecast is below that for (the) 2010 (deficit) -- it will be 110 or 115 billion,' he added, saying the fall would be due to better economic growth.
($1=.6802 euros)
(Reporting by Laure Bretton and Marcel Michelson; Editing by Greg Mahlich) Keywords: FRANCE/ECONOMY Keywords: FRANCE/ECONOMY (marcel.michelson@thomsonreuters.com; +33 1 4949 5130; Reuters Messaging: marcel.michelson.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
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