The budget for the 2017 overseas ministry was approved last Wednesday by the National Assembly. Overseas Minister Ericka Bareigts said it was "particularly proud" of the budget, worth more than 2 billion euros. Exemptions from employers' social security contributions remain the most significant item. For Les Républicains, MP Daniel Gibbs spoke of "relative relief", and announced the abstention of elected members of the group in order to encourage the increase in appropriations. Mr. Gibbs welcomed a “budget preserved, at least on paper”, but would have liked a “real combat budget for our Overseas: it is a budget of continuity that the government offers us, when the challenges overseas remain as great as they are urgent. " _EH
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