Bio Agency, Regional Health Agency, National Sports Agency… These public entities that the Senate wants to abolish

No billhooks, no axes, and even less chainsaws. "At the risk of disappointing those who saw billions in savings in this work, you can look hard and you won't find anything," clarifies the communist Pierre Barros, president of the Senate inquiry commission that looked into the "archipelago with blurred borders" made up of 434 operators, 317 advisory bodies and 1,153 national public bodies gravitating around the State, according to the concluding report published this Thursday.

The commission's recommendations were particularly eagerly awaited in a context of frantic efforts to find savings. François Bayrou is due to present the broad outlines of his plan to include 40 billion in savings in the 2026 budget in a few days. Among the most highlighted avenues for reducing spending, the reorganization of state operators —as is often the case—featured prominently. The Minister of Public Accounts, Amélie de Montchalin, stated…