French Prime Minister to submit 2026 budget to Parliament without vote

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced that he would invoke article 49.3 of the Constitution to adopt the 2026 finance bill without parliamentary approval. He admitted that using this tool represented a “partial failure” since he had promised not to do so. But after numerous concessions made by the government, he is betting that he now has enough political support, particularly from the socialists, to survive even if motions of censure were tabled.