The Finance, General Economy and Budgetary Monitoring Committee (French: Commission des Finances, de l'Économie générale et du Contrôle budgétaire), known as the Finance Committee, is one of the eight standing committees of the French National Assembly. It is traditionally chaired by a member of the largest opposition party.

Jurisdiction

The powers of the Commission for Economic Affairs are as follows :

  • Public finances
  • Finance laws
  • Programming laws for multi-year public finance guidelines
  • Control of budget execution
  • Local taxation
  • Economic conditions
  • Monetary Policy
  • Banks
  • Insurance
  • Domain
  • State participation

The reform of the Standing Orders of the National Assembly of May 27, 2009 introduced that the chairmanship of the finance committee is vested in the opposition.

List of chairmen

PortraitNameConstituencyTook officeLeft officePolitical partyLegislature
Didier MigaudIsère's 4th constituencyJune 28, 2007February 23, 2010PS13th legislature
Jérôme CahuzacLot-et-Garonne's 3rd constituencyFebruary 24, 2010June 19, 2012PS
Gilles CarrezVal-de-Marne's 5th constituencyJune 28, 2012June 20, 2017UMP14th legislature
Éric WoerthOise's 4th constituencyJune 29, 2017June 21, 2022LR15th legislature
Éric CoquerelSeine-Saint-Denis's 1st constituencyJune 30, 2022IncumbentLFI16th legislature

Current Bureau's Committee

Composition of the bureau
PostNameConstituencyGroup
ChairmanÉric CoquerelSeine-Saint-Denis's 1st constituencyLFI
General ReporterCharles de CoursonMarne's 5th constituencyLIOT
Vice-chairNadia HaiYvelines's 7th constituencyRE
François JolivetIndre's 1st constituencyHOR
Véronique LouwagieOrne's 2nd constituencyLR
Mohamed LaqhilaBouches-du-Rhône's 11th constituencyDEM
SecretaryFabien Di FilippoMoselle's 4th constituencyLR
Marina FerrariSavoie's 1st constituencyDEM
Christine Pirès-BeaunePuy-de-Dôme's 2nd constituencySOC
Benjamin DirxSaône-et-Loire's 1st constituencyRE