“special law” or 49.3, Sébastien Lecornu’s high-risk dilemma | EUROtoday

Special regulation or 49.3? Less than forty-eight hours earlier than the deadline for Parliament to determine on the finance invoice (PLF), the reply remains to be pending. Officially, the Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, refuses to undergo article 49 paragraph 3 of the Constitution. And is getting ready, within the absence of parliamentary settlement on the 2026 finances, to have Parliament undertake a “special law” on Tuesday, December 23, supposed to keep away from a monetary blockage of the State.

A council of ministers is scheduled for Monday, December 22 on the finish of the day, upon Emmanuel Macron’s return from Abu Dhabi, the place the President of the Republic is making his conventional end-of-year go to to troops deployed overseas. The debates would start instantly within the National Assembly, with a view to a vote within the Hemicycle, then within the Senate on Tuesday, Matignon is advised.

The particular regulation course of was already used final yr, after the autumn of Michel Barnier’s authorities. It was adopted unanimously by the political teams, within the title of stability. This stopgap had supplied the federal government of François Bayrou a interval of some weeks to open discussions with the Socialist Party (PS). The latter had agreed to abstain from the vote on the PLF 2025, in return for a “conclave” on pensions, thus permitting the adoption of the finances.

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