Eric Coquerel and Philippe Juvin, the brand new duo able to seize the finances within the National Assembly | EUROtoday

They are prepared, and are impatiently awaiting the arrival of the 2026 finances. One is to rework it in depth, to make it an actual left-wing finances. The different to lastly scale back the deficit and forestall a deluge of latest taxes. On paper, every little thing opposes the deputies Eric Coquerel (La France insoumise, LFI) and Philippe Juvin (Les Républicains, LR), the brand new duo on the head of the finance committee. But, “with Eric Coquerel, we agree on two key points : we need the text of the budget very quickly and time to examine it”, explains Philippe Juvin. The begin of a standard entrance between two key males within the imminent finances battle within the National Assembly.

Time? A uncommon commodity. Eric Coquerel, who has chaired the finance committee since 2022, and Philippe Juvin, simply appointed normal finances rapporteur changing the centrist Charles de Courson, would have appreciated the finance invoice for 2026 to achieve them on October 7, this “first Tuesday in October” offered for by legislation because the deadline for submitting the textual content to the desk of the National Assembly. But the day earlier than, Sébastien Lecornu had resigned. No finances on the appointed time, subsequently.

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