Overview
- The Lecornu government pushed the finance bill through the Assembly with repeated use of Article 49.3, avoiding a full vote.
- Laurent Wauquiez said it would not be serious to bring down the government or leave France without a budget, citing global dangers including the risk of a trade war.
- He called the adopted text imperfect, faulting insufficient spending cuts and the heavier burden placed on large companies.
- Wauquiez rejected party leader Bruno Retailleau’s description of the plan as socialist, framing it instead as a product of a fragmented Assembly.
- Internal dissent persists as Cannes mayor David Lisnard urged a government downfall and deputy Alexandra Martin pledged to back censure, while LR shifts focus to a Thursday niche day with ten proposals on security, immigration, Islamism, work and purchasing power.