Overview
- The Assembly paused consideration of the State budget 'recettes' on Monday, leaving about 2,600 amendments unexamined and making a timely vote unlikely.
- Ministers say parliamentary changes during debates have worsened the deficit outlook by roughly €10 billion compared with the government's original plan.
- The social‑security financing bill now before deputies would cut employer contribution reliefs to save about €3.7 billion and extend a tax on complementary health insurers for about €1.1 billion, measures that face broad opposition.
- If deputies reject the 'recettes' section the whole text would be sent to the Senate without discussion of spending, and the government could use article 49.3 or a budgetary ordonnance if Parliament fails to decide before constitutional deadlines.
- Debates are expected to resume around 27 October with thousands more amendments and possible motions to reject the text, a dynamic that raises the risk of deeper cuts for households and renewed street mobilisation ahead of the presidential vote.