France's 2027 Budget: Wealthy Spared, Pensioners Face Cuts
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France has a new plan for money in 2027. This plan is called a budget.
The government decided not to take more money from rich people. Some people are angry about this.
The budget will change money for old people. They get money called a pension when they stop working.
The pension money will not grow as fast as prices. This means old people may have less money to spend.
There is also a tax rule for old people. This rule gives them less money back than before.
Some big decisions are not finished yet. The Parliament must decide them later.
People are asking if France can control its own money choices. This is a big question for the country.
Vocabulary15 words
- budget
- a plan for spending and saving money
- pension
- money older people get after they stop working
- tax
- money people pay to the government
- Parliament
- the group of people who make laws
- government
- the people who run a country
- growth
- getting bigger or better
- decision
- a choice someone makes
- rich
- having a lot of money
- plan
- an idea for what to do
- money
- what people use to buy things
- country
- a place with its own government
- spend
- to use money to buy things
- rule
- something people must follow
- change
- to make something different
- question
- something people ask about
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1. A new plan for money in 2027 2. They will not grow as fast as prices 3. The Parliament
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France has a new plan for money in 2027. This plan is called a _____.
The government decided not to take more money from _____ people.
The budget will change money for old people. They get money called a _____.
The pension money will not grow as fast as _____.
There is also a _____ rule for old people.
Some big decisions are not finished yet. The _____ must decide them later.
People are asking if France can control its own money _____.
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