Overview

• Sébastien Lecornu scrapped the proposal to cut two public holidays and urged the Socialist Party to engage, saying LFI has excluded itself from talks.
• National Assembly president Yaël Braun-Pivet rejected the PS-backed “taxe Zucman” on very large fortunes and ruled out reversing the pension reform, while opening to compromises on arduous work and women’s careers.
• Medef president Patrick Martin threatened a “grande mobilisation patronale” if business taxes rise and denounced the Zucman levy as a drag on investment.
• Trade unions are organizing a nationwide action on 18 September to oppose austerity plans, with CFDT and CGT leaders pressing for a fiscal shift during meetings at Matignon.
• François Hollande warned that failure to secure a compromise, particularly with the Socialists, could leave dissolution as the only option, as the RN steps up calls for early elections.