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French PM Lecornu says he will use constitutional power to force through budget

French Prime ⁠Minister Sébastien Lecornu has confirmed that he will invoke a special constitutional power, Article 49.3, to force a budget ‍for 2026 through parliament without a vote during Tuesday's session.

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French farmers lift Paris blockade after government concessions

French farmers began lifting their blockade of Paris early Wednesday after the government pledged debt relief measures and an emergency farm law, as protests driven by opposition to the EU-Mercosur trade deal continued elsewhere in the country.

Radio France Internationale

Europe Today: Trump to weigh Iran 'options' tomorrow, EU jolted in shifting world order

In this newsletter: former French PM Dominique De Villepin reacts to Iran protests; European NATO allies mull response to Trump's Greenland threats; the EU-Mercosur trade deal risks deepening political turmoil in France.

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Could France head to early elections as the government faces two no-confidence votes?

Threatened by two motions of no-confidence, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has asked the Minister of the Interior to look into the possibility of holding legislative elections on the same dates as municipal elections.

Euronews

France ends lifetime perks for former ministers amid voter mistrust

France has begun the New Year with a shake-up of political privileges, long criticised as being out of touch. The move comes as the government grapples with increasing voter mistrust, according to an annual poll, and record levels of public debt.

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French lawmakers pass special budget to keep government running until January

The French parliament on Tuesday passed last-minute legislation to keep the government in business into January after the divided legislature failed to agree a full budget for the coming year. The Senate gave its green light in a late-night vote after MPs in the lower house cleared the bill earlier…

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PM Lecornu seeks way out of France’s latest budget impasse

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu will bring together the country's main political leaders on Monday to try and find "the way forward" after senators and MPs once again failed to reach agreement on the state budget for next year.

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France to miss 2026 budget deadline as lawmakers fail to reach deal

French lawmakers failed Friday to agree a 2026 budget in joint committee talks, forcing government to seek emergency legislation to roll over 2025 budget.

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Greece takes delivery of Kimon frigate from France as €25bn military upgrade continues

Athens has the option for a fourth frigate, which was approved by parliament in summer and formally agreed with Paris in November.

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European Commission turns up pressure on France over Mercosur deal

France wants to delay member states’ vote on the agreement amid mounting farmer anger. But the EU executive says a shifting global geoeconomic landscape makes the deal urgent.

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Farmers and politics threaten to put EU's free-trade deal with South America on ice

France is creating a last-minute hurdle for a major trade deal between the European Union and the Mercosur bloc

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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.

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France's National Assembly narrowly approves contentious 2026 social security budget

The high-stakes vote gives some respite for the weakened French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu

Euronews

French budget: PM Lecornu faces high-stakes social security vote

France’s social security budget heads into a knife-edge vote on Tuesday that could plunge Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu's government into a new political crisis and open a €30-billion gap in funding for welfare, pensions and healthcare.

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France in turmoil: 'No one is willing to say the country needs to make sacrifices'

As Paris wrestles with political deadlock, questions are mounting over France’s ability to project strength abroad. RFI spoke to author and political strategist Gerald Olivier about the ongoing political crisis in France and its repercussions abroad.

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Macron seeks to reassure public as France prepares a new voluntary military service

The French president's comments came ahead of a videoconference meeting of the Coalition of the Willing supporting Ukraine, during which he is expected to discuss the US-proposed peace plan.

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France's National Assembly overwhelmingly votes to suspend controversial pension reform

Some of France's European partners have been watching the political turmoil closely as the country struggles to rein in a budget deficit which has become the largest in the euro zone.

The Conversation

European nations have no choice but to raise retirement ages – our case study shows why

In early October 2025, with his political future hanging by a thread, France’s resigned-and-reappointed prime minister Sébastien Lecornu pledged to suspend unpopular pension reforms until 2027, when presidential elections will be held.

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French MPs scramble to strike budget deal as deadline looms

French MPs will on Monday resume their race against time to draft a budget bill to be pushed through parliament by the end of the year.

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French lawmakers haggle over tax on ultra-rich

As France's parliament enters the final days of trying to agree on a belt-tightening budget for 2026, lawmakers are voting Friday on a wealth tax that left-wingers say will help reduce the country’s €44 billion debt pile and budget deficit. The government, meanwhile, is defending an alternative to such a…

The Guardian - UK

The Louvre raid was audacious - but nothing compared to the heist France’s political leadership just pulled off

The theft of the crown jewels is another blow to national prestige, but far greater is the threat of a monarchical president hoarding power against voters’ wishes, says Guardian Europe columnist Rokhaya Diallo

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France’s economy minister warns latest credit downgrade a 'wake-up call'

A fresh downgrade to France’s credit rating has sharpened calls for action in Paris, with ministers urging unity to get the 2026 budget over the line.

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French prime minister survives two no-confidence votes

Closeness of first vote highlights difficulties Sébastien Lecornu faces as budget debate looms

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French PM Lecornu survives no confidence votes after pension U-turn

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survived two no confidence votes in the National Assembly on Thursday after winning last-minute backing from Socialist MPs over his decision to suspend a contested pension reform.

The Conversation

With delay of pension reform, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu puts France’s Socialist Party back in the spotlight

In his policy speech to lawmakers in the National Assembly on Tuesday, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu – who was reappointed by President Emmanuel Macron on Friday after submitting his resignation just days before – announced the suspension of pension reform, which a previous government forced into law without a vote…

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