Sébastien Lecornu makes new concessions to the PS to just accept a possible changeover | EUROtoday

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During the speech by Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu at the Hôtel de Matignon in Paris on January 16, 2026.

New station on the Stations of the Cross by Sébastien Lecornu. After threatening the deputies with a dissolution, then to move the state funds by order, the Prime Minister resolved, to lastly break the impasse, to place ahead new proposals, Friday January 16. Under stress, the tenant of Matignon, all the time on the lookout for a compromise to keep away from authorities censorship, resolved to new concessions.

The socialists, who demanded measures in favor of the buying energy of essentially the most modest, in addition to housing and ecological transition, noticed their needs granted. During a fifteen-minute speech on the steps of the Matignon lodge, Sébastien Lecornu introduced a rise in “50 euros on average” the exercise bonus, an earnings complement paid to employees with modest incomes. The preliminary funds envisaged a drastic discount on this bonus devoted to low and really low salaries. “It was a mistake”acknowledged Mr. Lecornu.

On the housing aspect, he proposes a rise of 400 million euros in assets for social landlords and gives 200 million euros “for new Green Fund projects”in addition to the upkeep of MaPrimRenov’. Finally, even earlier than the Prime Minister spoke, Matignon had introduced the generalization of college meals at 1 euro, a measure pricey to the socialists.

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