French austerity - EU rail sacred cows continue, but will their banks?

The detail of the latest French "austerity" budget is available here, from RTE. Work continues apace on the rail line designed to cut mere minutes from the journey time between Bordeaux and Paris near to my home however, one must wonder if there will ever be any highly paid, highly expensed, EU fonctionaires left to use it when completed in several years time?