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Lecornu Forces Budget Revenues Through 49.3 Ahead of Censure Votes

PS refusal to censure plus center-right hesitation make government survival likely, clearing the way to target full adoption by mid‑February.

Le Premier ministre Sébastien Lecornu quitte l'hémicycle après la séance de questions au gouvernement, le 20 janvier 2026.
Le Premier ministre Sébastien Lecornu a annoncé le recours à l’article 49.3 de la Constitution pour faire adopter le projet de loi de finances 2026.
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Overview

  • La France insoumise with allies and the RN filed separate motions of censure that the National Assembly will examine on Friday.
  • Socialist leader Olivier Faure said his party will not back any censure, and LR group chief Laurent Wauquiez ruled out toppling the government.
  • The final budget text indexes the income‑tax scale, maintains retirees’ 10% abatement, adds €2 billion to the prime d’activité, rolls out €1 meals for all students, preserves MaPrimeRénov’, and levies a temporary surtax on roughly 300 very large firms.
  • The government cast this 49.3 on revenues as the first of up to three uses intended to secure the full 2026 budget by mid‑February unless a censure succeeds.
  • Reaction has been mixed: business leaders criticized the corporate surtax, Gabriel Attal said the plan does not prepare the future but allows the country to move on, and polling indicates many voters oppose bringing down the government.