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A copy of the finance bill for 2026, at the National Assembly, in Paris, October 25, 2025.

Budget discussions proceed and the prospect of a vote recedes. While the National Assembly’s calendar nonetheless formally offers for a vote on November 4 on the primary a part of the 2026 finance invoice (PLF), the speculation of getting completed inspecting the textual content by then appears compromised.

At the tip of the night of Wednesday October 29, simply over 2,500 amendments nonetheless remained to be mentioned. Given the gradual tempo of the debates thus far (round fifteen amendments per hour on common) and figuring out that Thursday will probably be fully dedicated to the parliamentary area of interest of the National Rally (RN), leaving solely the times of Friday and Monday to achieve the tip of the income a part of the PLF, all of the deputies had come to phrases with the concept the deadlines wouldn’t be tenable.

“It’s all very gradual. I do not actually see how we are able to get to the tip of inspecting these budgetary texts and subsequently voting on them.”worried Marine Le Pen on Wednesday before the Association of Parliamentary Journalists.

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The deputies will therefore stop their discussions on the PLF on Monday evening before tackling the Social Security financing bill (PLFSS) from November 4. It is only after its vote, scheduled for November 12, that debates will be able to resume on state revenue. According to Eric Coquerel, deputy (La France insoumise, LFI) for Seine-Saint-Denis and president of the finance committee, a vote around November 15 or 16 would be possible, to continue with the second part of the PLF, concerning expenditure.

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