Overview
- Ecologist and communist groups declined invitations to Finance Ministry meetings intended to resolve sticking points from the failed December 19 joint committee, with only the Socialist Party attending from the left alongside LR and macronist groups.
- Bercy convened the talks excluding LFI and RN, positioning them as technical discussions before the Assembly’s Finance Committee debates on Thursday and Friday and a planned hemicycle debate from January 13 to 23.
- Socialists set conditions focused on fiscal justice, calling for roughly €9–10 billion in additional revenue, including a surcharge targeting very large companies, to protect purchasing power, public services and ecological funding.
- PS figures signaled openness to a negotiated non-censure arrangement if the government uses Article 49.3, while ecologists indicated a vote against is likely after previously abstaining on the social security budget.
- Jérôme Guedj warned that prolonging the interim “loi spéciale” that freezes state credits is the worst outcome, arguing a workable budget is needed as the government aims to keep the deficit below 5%.