Overview

• The prime minister has yet to name his cabinet after promising to unveil it before Parliament’s return, with the ordinary session opening on October 1.
• After meeting allies, he said his future government will table proposals to cut certain taxes in favor of work, link any fiscal changes to real spending reductions, and step up action against tax and social fraud.
• Les Républicains pressed for a written pact and fiscal guarantees, and Lecornu plans to deliver an engagement document as the basis for a potential government agreement with the right.
• The Socialist Party set a last‑chance meeting for Friday, demanded a full draft of the budget, and warned it will move to censure if unconvinced, as unions prepare a nationwide mobilization on October 2.
• RN deputy Jean‑Philippe Tanguy said his party could withhold censure on the budget if it includes tax cuts for workers and spending cuts, as institutional deadlines approach for HCFP review around October 1 and a mid‑October budget filing.