US EditionFrench Government Survives Cliffhanger Vote on Social Security
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DECRYPTAGE - The Prime Minister has begun a series of debates in the National Assembly to force parliamentarians to find a compromise on the state budget, but Sébastien Lecornu is lucid about what is ahead.
The Social Security budget for 2026 was just adopted by the National Assembly. A victory without 49.3, but the challenge remains immense: to find 4.5 billion euros to meet the deficit targets.
French government survives cliffhanger vote on social security
France’s National Assembly narrowly approved the 2026 social security budget late Tuesday, giving Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu an important victory as he pushed a compromise through a deeply divided parliament without using article 49.3, which lets a government force a bill through without a vote.
The PLFSS was adopted as a success for the Prime Minister and confirmed the compromise strategy advocated by Olivier Faure, while the left was recomposed before the next budget deadlines.
After days of suspense, the revised text was finally adopted with a few votes. A political victory for the Prime Minister, who has multiplied the gestures, in recent days, to remove abstentions and favourable votes.
The Prime Minister and the boss of the PS want to believe that the method of compromise, albeit laborious and imperfect, can allow the democracy to function in the absence of majority.
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