Overview

• After meeting the centre-right "socle commun" on Monday, the prime minister told allies his future government will propose targeted tax cuts "in favour of work", pair any fiscal changes with real spending restraint, and step up anti-fraud efforts.
• He reaffirmed rejecting the Zucman tax, restoring the ISF and pausing the pension reform, prompting the Socialist Party to warn of a "last‑chance" meeting this week and to threaten censure unless it receives a full budget plan.
• La France insoumise plans to file a censure motion as the parliamentary session opens on 1 October, while the Rassemblement National says it will judge after hearing a policy speech and could refrain from censure if there are tax cuts for workers alongside spending cuts.
• Key legal deadlines are imminent, with the draft sent to the Haut Conseil des finances publiques around 1 October and the finance bill due in Parliament by mid‑October, even as Lecornu remains without a finalized government.
• According to discussions reported by TF1 and Le Figaro, Lecornu told Les Républicains he would provide a written commitment on consensus points such as no net tax hikes without offsetting savings, lower spending and a security bill, and Matignon flagged symbolic savings including a freeze on its operating budgets; unions plan a national protest on 2 October.