text: French 1997 budget due around September 10 - Juppe . BREGANCON , France 1996-08-25 Prime Minister Alain Juppe said on Sunday the draft 1997 budget and plans for funding the social security system would be pubished around September 10 . " The texts are practically ready , " he told reporters after a weekend of talks with President Jacques Chirac in a Riviera fortress . The budget had been widely expected a week or so later . -- Paris newsroom +331 4221 5452