“Sébastien Lecornu relies on 49.3 to unblock the situation, but it is a “negotiated 49.3”” | EUROtoday

Bastien François is professor of political science on the University of Paris-I Panthéon-Sorbonne. Through his work, he research the establishments of the V^e Republic in addition to the evolution of political and democratic practices. He is notably the writer of the works Keywords of constitutional regulation (Dalloz, 2017) and The 6^e Republic, why, how? (Les Petits Matins, 2015), and contributed to the collective work, directed by Jean Garrigues, History of Parliament from 1789 to the current day (Armand Colin, 2007).

The Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, introduced within the fall of 2025 that he was renouncing article 49.3, which permits the Prime Minister to have a textual content adopted with out a vote by the National Assembly by participating the duty of the federal government. Today he’s going again on his promise to interrupt the budgetary deadlock…

Sébastien Lecornu, not like his predecessors since 2022, initially renounced utilizing 49.3, below stress from socialist deputies. A uncommon factor, even distinctive below the V^e Republic, he favored parliamentary dialogue in drawing up the price range. To inform the reality, he had no selection.

His technique allowed the adoption of the Social Security price range, however failed on the finance regulation. He should now depend on 49.3 to unblock the state of affairs, however it’s a “negotiated 49.3”. Until the final second its textual content was largely revised by parliamentary discussions. In the state of affairs we’re experiencing, as we will see, nothing is about in stone. If we’re nonetheless very removed from a parliamentary observe, the V^e République demonstrates shocking flexibility.

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