French PM breaks promise to strike budget deal with Socialists
- Posted on January 20, 2026
- By Le Monde
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French PM breaks promise to strike budget deal with Socialists
Without a majority in the Assemblée Nationale, Sébastien Lecornu reluctantly decided to trigger the Constitution's Article 49.3 to pass the 2026 budget bill without a vote in the Assemblée Nationale. The opposition Socialists, meanwhile, will not vote to bring his government down.
