Overview

• Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said he would not use Article 49.3 to govern or to pass the 2026 budget, urging parties to make concessions.
• Consultations began at Matignon with Marine Le Pen’s RN ahead of meetings with the Socialists, then the ecologists and communists, in a bid to avert censure.
• Socialist group leader Boris Vallaud called the pledge insufficient, warning the government could still constrain Parliament through blocked votes or Article 40.
• La France insoumise rejected meeting requests and said it would push a motion of censure to force Lecornu’s departure.
• Lecornu offered a pension system “improvement” and a €300 tax cut for certain low‑middle income couples, proposals criticized by Socialist deputies as poorly targeted.