Protection of rights and freedoms — Government action management · Budget

Audiovisual and Digital Communication Regulatory Authority, defender of Rights, national commission on information technology and civil liberties…: the 2nd largest of the 2 parts of “Government action management”.

140M€

voted for 2026 in the State budget (budget act)

< 1% of the State budget voted for 2026

Year by year

Spent in 2024131M€

Spent in 2025135M€

Voted for 2026140M€

What it pays for, planned in the draft budget for 2025

Audiovisual and Digital Communication Regulatory Authority36%51M€

Defender of Rights22%31M€

National commission on information technology and civil liberties22%31M€

High Authority for Transparency in Public Life9%13M€

Inspector-general of places of deprivation of liberty4%6M€

Other independent authorities4%5M€

National commission for the oversight of intelligence techniques2%4M€

National defence secrecy commission< 1%747,024€

Source: 2024 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2025 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2026 budget act as passed ↗, State budget bill for 2025 (data.economie.gouv.fr) ↗.