Financial support to local authorities and their groupings — Relations with local authorities · Budget

Support functions, general decentralisation grant for regions, general decentralisation grant, specific allocations…: the largest of the 2 parts of “Relations with local authorities”.

3.6bn€

voted for 2026 in the State budget (budget act)

< 1% of the State budget voted for 2026

Year by year

Spent in 20243.6bn€

Spent in 20253.6bn€

Voted for 20263.6bn€

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

Support functions49%1.8bn€

General decentralisation grant for regions25%938M€

General decentralisation grant, specific allocations7%272M€

General decentralisation grant for departments7%265M€

Support functions4%168M€

General decentralisation grant for municipalities4%141M€

Exceptional local investment support grant3%114M€

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) ↗.