Press and media — Media, books & cultural industries · Budget

Press subsidies, financial relations with Agence France-Presse, support functions…: the largest of the 2 parts of “Media, books & cultural industries”.

362M€

voted for 2026 in the State budget (budget act)

< 1% of the State budget voted for 2026

Year by year

Spent in 2024364M€

Spent in 2025351M€

Voted for 2026362M€

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

Press subsidies53%194M€

Financial relations with Agence France-Presse39%143M€

Support functions7%25M€

Support functions< 1%2M€

International radio and television company< 1%2M€

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) ↗.