French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has announced that he will invoke Article 49.3 of the Constitution to pass the 2026 budget law without parliamentary approval. He admitted that resorting to this tool was a ‘partial failure’ as he had promised not to do so. But after a series of concessions made by the government, he is betting that he now has enough political support, especially from the Socialists, to survive even if motions of no confidence are made.
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