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Prime Minister Lecornu plans to enact the 2026 budget without a parliamentary vote, preserving key social benefits and risking no-confidence motions amid a hung parliament.
- On Friday, French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu was planning how to survive a no-confidence vote by weighing Article 49.3 or a first-time government decree to enact the 2026 budget without parliament.
- After President Emmanuel Macron's 2024 snap polls left the government without a majority, lawmakers failed to compromise on state expenses despite social security approval, creating a 2026 budget deadlock.
- On January 14, the Assemblée Nationale rejected both motions, with only 256 MPs supporting La France Insoumise and warnings that margins remain thin, possibly short by 15 or 20 votes.
- Using a decree would keep the budget in force even if the cabinet were ousted, but Lecornu warned that removing him would spark early elections while seeking Socialist backing Friday.
- The final budget includes a plan to make one-euro university meals available to all students, responding to a poll of around 800 people where a third sometimes skipped meals for lack of money.
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French government to force through 2026 budget, face no confidence vote
PARIS — French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu will risk his government’s survival by ramming a state budget through parliament without a vote to break a monthslong legislative deadlock. The PM explained Monday that he would on Tuesday invoke Article 49.3, a constitutional backdoor that allows the government to pass legislation without a parliamentary vote, to enact the part of the budget that deals with tax revenue. Opposition parties can resp…
Sébastien Lecornu decided in favour of a recourse to article 49 paragraph 3 of the Constitution to pass without a vote the draft budget of the state for 2026, has been learned Monday from parliamentary sources and within the executive. ...
Prime Minister Lecornu can hope in the struggle for the state budget for support of the socialists. After concessions by the government an agreement is indicated.
The Prime Minister is expected to announce this Monday if he uses 49.3 or the order to get the budget completed, and a Council of Ministers is scheduled during the day. For the former incumbent of the position Elizabeth Borne, the use of 49.3 appears to be the "less worse" solution. Follow the latest information online. - IN DIRECT - Budget: 49.3 "appears less worse" than an order, says Elisabeth Borne on TF1 (Policy).
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