Overview
- Deputies returned to the hemicycle with roughly 1,500–2,000 amendments still pending and only until 23 November to complete the receipts chapter in first reading.
- The prospect of enacting the budget by ordinance or via a temporary carry‑over law is openly discussed, while Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu says he will not use article 49.3.
- The Rassemblement National confirmed it will vote against both the state and Social Security budgets regardless of concessions, including the proposed tax on small parcels.
- The Senate begins examining the Social Security bill on Wednesday after its committee already removed the Assembly’s vote to suspend the 2023 pension reform.
- La France insoumise readies a censure motion before any ordinances could be taken, as a €5 billion VAT revenue shortfall in 2025 triggers a finance ministry review of causes.