Overview
- With only days left before transmission to the Senate, deputies return to the finance bill with more than a thousand amendments still pending after a missed weekend sitting.
- Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has referred several recently adopted tax amendments to the Conseil d’État, arguing they are legally fragile and seeking to calm business concerns.
- The government says no ordonnances are currently being drafted, yet it keeps the option open under Article 47 if constitutional time limits are breached, drawing opposition demands to renounce it.
- The social-security budget has already reached the Senate without a full Assembly vote, and the right/centre majority has removed the Assembly-backed suspension of the pension reform in committee before a public-session rewrite.
- Amid the scramble, the Assembly backed keeping the PFAS polluter‑payor levy for 2026 and supported a jet tax to bolster Île‑de‑France transport finances, as ministers warn the deficit could hover near 5% without tighter measures.