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French intelligence largely spared from budgetary constraints

The Court of Auditors in Paris.
The Court of Auditors in Paris.
While most government departments struggled to stay within their budgets in 2024, the intelligence services were less constrained. Spending from special funds and at the foreign intelligence agency DGSE was higher than expected, the state's top audit body has found. [...]
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