Overview
- The prime minister presented a reworked plan targeting a deficit near 5% of GDP and said the text is a better, responsible compromise that can gather support.
- Key concessions include roughly €50 per month more for the prime d’activité for over three million low‑income working households, €1 university meals for all students from May, and preservation of retirees’ 10% income‑tax abatement.
- He pledged no increase in household taxation, with the income‑tax scale indexed to inflation and no cuts to housing aid or disability benefits.
- With Assembly debates suspended, the government is considering Article 49.3 or an unprecedented ordinance under Article 47 to enact the budget without a vote, a decision expected by Tuesday.
- Socialists called the measures real advances, while Jean‑Luc Mélenchon and Éric Ciotti criticized the plan; Lecornu blamed LFI and RN for blocking the process and warned a successful censure could trigger early elections.