Emmanuel Macron has “good wishes” That “parliamentary power” find a compromise “in the next few weeks” regarding the draft budget, he declared it on Tuesday 25 November, despite rejection during the first discussion in the Assembly. “If political leaders in Parliament are worried, instead of commenting on their concerns, let them focus on building a compromise for the country they love”added the head of state on RTL. Political leader in the Assembly “have a responsibility: to build a coalition as our German neighbors are doing, or find a compromise so that the bill can be passed”he insisted, repeating himself “That is not the responsibility of the President of the Republic”. Follow our live stream.
Olivier Faure believes in compromise. First Secretary PS “believe” still making compromises to pass the 2026 budget. “I believe we have to achieve it, because it would be a disaster if we saw a parliament that, for the first time in 67 years, has the possibility of working freely, without 49.3, and cannot produce a budget”he said on franceinfo. “For me this will be a collective failure, I hope we can achieve it and I think we will achieve it”he added. Olivier Faure denounced “the person who wants to derail the train”with reference to LFI and RN, “those who think that it is always better to seek chaos rather than solutions.”
Change of method. To ward off the prospect of rejecting the budget at the end of the year, Sébastien Lecornu intends to bring the parties together “absolute priority” such as security, agriculture and energy, then submit those discussions for a vote in Parliament. The first could be next Monday: the Prime Minister will propose “let the vote take place” on “national defense strategy, additional resources and industrial efforts to be undertaken”.
Text in Senate. The upper house, with a right-wing majority, took control of the budget text. The first in a hemicycle, in which senators have been stalling on the Social Security bill for days before a serious vote scheduled for Wednesday afternoon. The far-right and its centrist allies are also preparing to oppose the “delay” of pension reform and the “defunding” of social benefits, two key votes that could come as early as Tuesday. In the Finance Committee, senators are examining the “revenue” portion of the state budget project, before it is put into the hemicycle starting Thursday.
