Overview
- Government-supporting centrist and right groups told Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu they will not back the revenue section, citing insincere measures, leaving only the Socialists publicly in favor.
- Roughly 1,300 amendments on the revenue side remain before a required vote by Sunday night, after which the text can be sent to the Senate with adopted changes or without a vote.
- Lecornu said several Assembly-approved taxes will never be applied and argued a new levy on multinationals “does not exist” because it lacks a real tax base.
- Right-wing leaders Laurent Wauquiez and Bruno Retailleau announced their rejection of the Assembly’s version, calling the package unacceptable.
- The government plans a stepwise “coffee filter” through the Senate, a joint committee and high-court reviews to strip contested items, while parliamentary sources now consider a 2025 budget extension and a resubmitted bill in January–February likely.