The French public budget › Culture, media, sport, youth · State · 2026
Media, books & cultural industries
Press and media, books and cultural industries: the 29th largest of the 31 missions in the State budget for 2026.
703M€
voted for 2026 in the State budget (budget act)
Year by year
Spent in 2024712M€
Spent in 2025693M€
Voted for 2026703M€
What it pays for, voted for 2026
Press and media52%362M€Books and cultural industries48%341M€Source: 2024 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2025 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2026 budget act as passed ↗.