Sébastien Lecornu requested the Minister of the Interior to check the group of early legislative elections on the dates of municipal elections | EUROtoday

Sébastien Lecornu instructed the Minister of the Interior, Laurent Nuñez, to arrange the group of doable legislative elections on the dates of the municipal elections on March 15 and 22, Agence France-Presse (AFP) realized and The World Friday January 9 from a supply inside the government.

This request from the Prime Minister comes after the bulletins, respectively by the National Rally and La France insoumise, of the submitting of notices of censorship, notably in response to the adoption of the settlement with Mercosur by the member states of the European Union. The two texts must be debated within the National Assembly between Tuesday January 13 and Wednesday January 14.

The fall of the federal government can be adopted by a dissolution, in accordance with the identical supply, which specifies on this regard that the president and the prime minister agree on this topic – it might be as much as Emmanuel Macron to make this choice, as supplied for within the Constitution.

“Cynical postures”

Sébastien Lecornu lambasted Friday morning on the social community “cynical partisan postures” Who “delay budget discussions” by commenting on these motions of censure promised by the RN and LFI.

“France has a clear position on Mercosur: we will vote against it, without surprise”wrote the Prime Minister, accusing these political teams of “deliberately choosing to display internal political disagreements” And “to weaken the voice of France” overseas. These motions additional delay finances discussions “already blocked by the same political parties against the backdrop of an electoral agenda”provides Mr. Lecornu.

The state finances for 2026 couldn’t be voted on time earlier than December 31. Parliament subsequently adopted a particular regulation to compensate for the absence of a finances and permit the continuity of the actions of the State and administrations. MEPs resumed examination of the textual content on Thursday within the Finance Committee, the place they largely rejected the income half on Friday, leaving little hope {that a} consensus will emerge throughout the session beginning subsequent week.