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Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu urged lawmakers to approve a €30 billion fiscal squeeze budget to keep the deficit under 5% of GDP amid parliamentary divisions.
- On November 24, 2025 French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu urged lawmakers from the Hotel Matignon, Paris to pass the 2026 budget by year-end after the lower house rejected its tax side.
- A fiscal squeeze worth over €30 billion, mostly via savings measures and tax hikes, defines the government's draft budget , but Lecornu said it would be heavily rewritten without a majority.
- With time running out in the lower house, the bill is due to go to the Senate on Monday, so amendments may need reintroduction and a joint committee will seek compromise.
- Lecornu said there was still time and urged opposition lawmakers not to obstruct the legislation, adding `This is an alert for the future... but yes we can do it.`
- With a target of less than 5% for next year's deficit, Lecornu said he will hold talks with political parties amid President Emmanuel Macron's minority government facing a fragmented parliament where the far right and hard left could trigger a no-confidence vote.
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French PM pressures lawmakers to pass 2026 budget despite parliament tensions
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu put pressure on lawmakers on Monday to pass the 2026 budget by the end of the year after the deeply divided lower house of parliament rejected the tax side of the legislation.
French PM pressures divided parliament to pass contested 2026 budget
France's Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu on Monday pressured MPs to pass a national budget for 2026 by the end of the year. The contested legislation will head to the Senate for review on Monday before it is sent back for a final vote in the lower house.
Sébastien Lecornu denounced the budget freeze encouraged by some political forces. Prime Minister has targeted LFI and the RN in particular
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'Certain political parties and some presidential candidates fundamentally believe that the compromise is not compatible with their own electoral strategy,' Lecornu says - Anadolu Ajansı
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