Overview
- Lecornu’s office says the provision will be written into the budget’s final text as negotiations continue with the Socialist Party.
- Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said the €1 price would become a reality from May.
- The expansion is estimated to cost about €90 million annually, according to Socialist MP Fatiha Keloua-Hachi.
- The discount has so far been limited to scholarship holders and students in hardship, and a Socialist bill to universalize it passed the National Assembly in January 2025 after more than 500,000 students benefited in 2023–24.
- Student unions called the move positive but pressed for a clear budget line and resources for Crous, as the government also studies a surtax on large-company profits, adjustments for local authorities, and discussions over the prime d’activité.