Sébastien Lecornu finds a compromise on public spending | EUROtoday

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The Minister of the Economy, Roland Lescure, and the Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, at the National Assembly, in Paris, January 23, 2026.

No have to throw away the petits fours. The Minister of the Economy, Roland Lescure, was relieved, Friday January 23, at midday, when he obtained representatives of the financial world in Bercy. A couple of minutes earlier, the deputies had rejected the 2 motions of censure tabled in opposition to the primary a part of the 2026 funds, that referring to revenues. “The first good news is that we did not have to cancel this wish ceremony”, due to this fact joked the minister, earlier than including a promise: “France is about to have a funds, lastly! » After a number of extra votes within the Assembly and the Senate, the textual content could possibly be promulgated in mid-February, a month and a half behind the traditional schedule.

A prospect instantly welcomed on the monetary markets. THE unfoldthis extra rate of interest demanded by buyers to purchase French public debt slightly than German, fell in the course of the day to its lowest degree since June 2024, to 59 foundation factors, in comparison with 70 factors per week earlier, and greater than 85 factors in October 2025. The signal of renewed confidence in Paris.

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