European budget: the Assembly votes a €30.9 billion contribution

Une contribution est une participation financière à des actions communes.

Être in the present is est for a singular subject and sont for a plural one. It describes nature, state or place (“is”, “is located”). If what follows (the attribute) is a noun, adjective or prepositional phrase, it is not a passive. If a past participle follows, it is a passive (est annoncé). Headlines and summaries often use the present to describe the current situation.

Selon LCP, l’Assemblée a adopté le 14 octobre au soir l’article fixant à 30,9 milliards d’euros la contribution française au budget européen pour 2027 : 111 voix pour, 93 contre.

The passé composé is the most common past tense, used for “did” and “has done” — actions completed in the past. It is formed with the auxiliary avoir (a / ont…) in the present + a past participle. Past participles of -er verbs end in -é (annoncer → annoncé); learn the irregular ones (faire → fait, prendre → pris, voir → vu). In the negative, ne … pas wraps the auxiliary (n’a pas annoncé). In the news it reports facts that have already happened, such as “announced” or “voted”.

L’amendement du RN réduisant la contribution de 11 milliards a été rejeté.

The past passive means “was done”. Its form is present of avoir + été (past participle of être) + past participle. Été does not change, but the last participle agrees with the subject in gender and number (la loi a été votée / les textes ont été votés). It is frequent in news reporting results such as votes, decisions and announcements.

La contribution brute se distingue du solde net après les financements reçus.

A pronominal verb is used with a reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nous, vous) before the verb. It can mean “do to oneself”, “be done” or “do to each other”. In the news, se traduire (to result in), se tenir (to take place), s’agir de (to be a matter of) and se diffuser (to spread) are frequent. The pronoun changes with the subject (il se tient / ils se tiennent / je me souviens).

L’article concerne un prélèvement sur les recettes de l’État au profit de l’UE ; il ne transfère pas l’ensemble du budget français.

Normally ne and pas wrap the verb. Before a vowel, ne becomes n’. Check which part of the sentence the negation covers. Ne … plus means “no longer”.

Selon LCP, l’Assemblée a adopté le 14 octobre au soir l’article fixant à 30,9 milliards d’euros la contribution française au budget européen pour 2027 : 111 voix pour, 93 contre.

Selon means “according to”. Put a person or organisation after it as the source. It separates facts the writer checked directly from what another body or report said. Citing a source does not turn a forecast into an accomplished fact.

Le vote du 14 octobre porte sur un article du budget 2027, pas sur l’adoption définitive de l’ensemble du projet.

Le 15 octobre means “on 15 October”. Distinguish the le before a date from the le that marks a weekly habit like a weekday. Du is de + le and au is à + le, so decide the meaning from the verb and period expressions around them. Their role depends on the group: a range of dates, the date of a bulletin or another complement.

LCPによると、国民議会は14日夜、2027年のEU予算へのフランスの拠出を309億ユーロとする条文を、賛成111票・反対93票で採択しました。

As in “LCPによると”, it shows where the information comes from. What that source reported follows. It is used differently from “私にとって”, which gives one’s own opinion.

フランス国内のすべての予算をEUに渡す、という話ではありません。

They negate a noun and similar content. “ではありません” is the polite form and “ではない” the plain form. “成立ではありません” shows that it cannot be said to have been concluded.

今回の採決は2027年予算案の一つの条文についてです。

As in “予算について”, it shows the topic to be talked about or explained. In the form “〜についての報道”, の is added so that the group qualifies the following noun.

2027年予算案の一部に関する採決で、予算全体の成立とは別です。

As in “税控除に関する採決”, it explains what the following noun relates to. It is close to “about” and is common in headlines and descriptions.

拠出は、共通の活動のために資金を出すことです。

ため is used for both reason and purpose. “成立ではないため” is a reason and “運転手を守るため” a purpose. Decide from the whole sentence whether what precedes is a cause or a goal.

RNやLFIなどが反対しました。

“暴言など” gives “abusive language” as one example. It is not necessarily a closed list of only the things named. It also helps when reading the scope of a news story.