France lastly has a finances for 2026. Or nearly. After the failure, Monday February 2, of the ultimate motions of censure tabled by the non-socialist left and the intense proper, which respectively solely obtained 260 and 135 votes of deputies out of 289 crucial, the finance legislation is now thought of adopted. A number of extra days of ready, whereas the Constitutional Council analyzes the textual content and removes the articles that don’t conform to the Constitution, and it may lastly be promulgated. It ought to come into pressure round February 10, round forty days late.
Thus ends a sequence that started on July 15, 2025, when the then Prime Minister, François Bayrou, revealed his orientations for the 2026 finances. More than 200 days of discussions adopted. In the eyes of many, they’ve condensed the worst of politics: limitless debates, serial denials, secret negotiations, to attain a outcome criticized by all. Symptomatic: within the finance committee on the Palais-Bourbon on January 30, the ultimate undertaking was unanimously rejected by the few deputies current.
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