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French National Assembly Passes Emergency Stopgap to Keep Government Running in January

The stopgap keeps 2025 rules in force to sustain tax collection plus public pay, with new spending off-limits.

Michigan Senate Passes Bipartisan $634 Million Plan to Restore Nearly All of House GOP Work-Project Cuts

France’s 2026 Budget Heads to Crunch Talks Before Dec. 23 Vote

Michigan House Panel Blocks $645 Million in Work-Project Funding Without Public Testimony

French Assembly Passes Social Security Budget, Freezing Macron’s Pension Reform

North Carolina Restores Medicaid Rates After Court Rulings, Promises Retroactive Pay

Zelensky Signs Ukraine’s 2026 Budget, Locking In Defense-Heavy Spending

Ukraine’s Parliament Approves 2026 Budget With Defense Priority and 18.5% Deficit

Bulgaria Withdraws 2026 Euro Budget After Nationwide Protests

French Senate Blocks Forced Loan on Wealthy, Rewrites Key Taxes as 2026 Budget Fight Deepens

Bundestag Approves 2026 Budget With Second-Highest Borrowing on Record

Lawmakers Slip 'Schwein' Codeword Into Final 2026 Budget Debate

Brombeer Coalition Reaches Budget Compromise With Left for Thuringia’s 2026/27 Plan

Italy Weighs Bigger Tax Hit on Banks and Insurers to Plug €1 Billion Budget Gap

Senate Rebuffs Pension Concession as French Budget Impasse Widens

France’s Budget Standoff Moves to the Senate as Lecornu Seeks Targeted Votes to Unlock a Deal

French Assembly Overwhelmingly Rejects 2026 Budget Revenues, Sending Government’s Original Bill to the Senate

California Faces Nearly $18 Billion Budget Gap for 2026–27, LAO Warns

Senate Opens Social Security Budget Marathon as Assembly Set to Reject 2026 Revenues

Greece’s Early €1.1 Billion Repayment Gives France a 2025 Budget Lift