The infinite cleaning soap opera of the 2026 finances will not be but utterly over. A ultimate impediment prevents the quick promulgation of the finance invoice adopted on Monday February 2 because of article 49 paragraph 3 of the Constitution: the management of constitutionality. And it may transform extra difficult than anticipated.
Three appeals are introduced. The deputies of the National Rally (RN) have already submitted theirs. Those of La France insoumise (LFI) should do the identical on Thursday. The two events had already executed this for the 2025 finances.
The large shock is that the Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, additionally introduced, on Monday, his intention to refer the matter to the Constitutional Council ” in order to [s]ensure that the finance law is fully compliant with [la] Constitution ». The referral “is in progress”we confirm to Matignon. This is the first time in forty-nine years that the executive itself has alerted the constitutional judge to possible defects in the budget it had adopted. But over the course of discussions and compromises, the project has evolved so much, it has included so many amendments from varied backgrounds, that Matignon visibly doubts the legal solidity of the whole.
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