France's PM Reveals Plan to Save €54 Billion in Budget
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Sébastien Lecornu is the Prime Minister of France.
He talked to a newspaper called Le Figaro.
He spoke about the new budget for France.
A budget is a plan for money.
Lecornu wants to save about 54 billion euros.
One billion is a very big number. It is 1,000 million.
He calls this a big effort. An effort means hard work.
The plan is for the year 2027.
People want to know how the government will save this money.
Some workers are helping Lecornu with the plan.
One worker said they had to make the plan more strict.
Strict means very careful and hard.
This budget is important for all of France.
People in France are talking about the news.
Newspapers are writing many stories about it.
Vocabulary15 words
- Prime Minister
- the leader of the government
- budget
- a plan for spending and saving money
- billion
- a very big number: 1,000 million
- effort
- hard work to do something
- strict
- very careful and firm
- government
- the group that runs a country
- save
- to keep money instead of spending it
- plan
- an idea for what to do
- newspaper
- paper with news stories
- France
- a country in Europe
- money
- coins and notes people use to buy things
- leader
- a person who guides others
- important
- having big meaning or value
- careful
- doing something with attention
- talk
- to speak to someone
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1. The Prime Minister of France 2. About 54 billion euros 3. A plan for money
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Sébastien Lecornu is the _____ of France.
He talked to a newspaper called Le Figaro.
He spoke about the new _____ for France.
A budget is a plan for money.
Lecornu wants to save about 54 _____ euros.
One billion is a very big number.
He calls this a big _____.
The plan is for the year 2027.
Some workers are helping Lecornu with the plan.
One worker said they had to make the plan more _____.
This budget is _____ for all of France.
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