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Lecornu Drops 49.3 for 2026 Budget, Puts Passage in Parliament’s Hands

Opposition parties plan to decide after next week’s policy speech in a hung Assembly.

Le Premier ministre Sébastien Lecornu lors d'une allocution sur le parvis de Matignon, le 3 octobre 2025.
Le premier ministre Sébastien Lecornu s’est engagé ce vendredi 3 octobre 2025 à ne pas utiliser l’arme de l’article 49 alinéa 3 de la Constitution.
Le Premier ministre, Sébastien Lecornu, à Matignon, à Paris, le 3 octobre 2025.
Sébastien Lecornu a annoncé, vendredi 3 octobre 2025, qu'il renonçait à gouverner en utilisant l'article 49.3 de la Constitution.

Overview

  • La France insoumise says it will file a motion of censure as soon as the government is appointed despite the pledge to forgo 49.3.
  • The Socialist Party welcomes a procedural shift but demands concrete concessions, including a new parliamentary vote on the 2023 pensions reform.
  • Marine Le Pen calls the move more respectful of democracy yet withholds judgment until the policy address, warning the RN wants a rupture or will back censure.
  • Lecornu opened consultations and floated gestures such as a tax on financial wealth and a purchasing power measure, with a cabinet lineup and policy speech expected early next week.
  • Constitutional experts note the executive retains tools like article 47/47-1 time limits and ordinances, the article 44-3 "vote bloqué," article 40 limits on amendments, and CMP leverage, leaving both the budget timetable and the government’s survival uncertain.