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France’s Budget Standoff Intensifies as LFI Rejects Compromise and Threatens Censure

Parliament is operating under a short-term law that duplicates last year’s finances pending January talks.

Éric Coquerel, président de la commission des finances, avec la ministre chargée des Comptes publics, Amélie de Montchalin.
Olivier Faure, premier secrétaire du PS, à l’Assemblée nationale.
Le député LFI Éric Coquerel, le 26 décembre 2026.

Overview

  • Lawmakers unanimously passed a three-article loi spéciale this week authorizing tax collection, safeguarding local revenues, and continuing prior spending rules.
  • Finance committee chair Éric Coquerel said the stopgap functions as a temporary budget that could hold a few months by duplicating last year’s receipts and expenditures.
  • Coquerel stated that no conditions would lead La France insoumise to support the 2026 finance bill, arguing the deficit burden should shift to the ultra-wealthy.
  • He warned LFI would seek to censure the government immediately if Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu uses Article 49.3, as some right and center-right figures urge him to consider.
  • The government describes the loi spéciale as a patch and aims to secure a full budget in January, with negotiations set to resume early in the month and finance committee dates cited for January 8–9.