The French Prime Minister launches a special procedure. Passes the budget without a vote

On Tuesday, French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu informed the parliament, which is dealing with the draft budget for 2026, that he is using the procedure for adopting the bill without voting. This procedure also enables the possibility of submitting motions of no confidence in the government.

The Prime Minister applied it on Tuesday in relation to the revenue part of the draft budget. To pass the budget, the government will have to resort to this method twice more: for the spending part and finally for the project as a whole. Each time it is an opportunity to vote on a vote of no confidence.

Two parties: the far-left France Untamed (LFI) and the far-right National Rally (RN) announced that will submit motions for a vote of no confidence in the government. Parliament Speaker Yael Braun-Pivet announced on Tuesday that the vote on the motions would take place on Friday morning.

The Socialist Party (PS), which is in opposition, is not expected to support any of the proposals, which makes their adoption unlikely. PS stated that in the light of the budget concessions agreed to by the government (mainly regarding social benefits) skipping a vote in parliament is the 'least bad option'.

Lecorn's minority government is constantly under threat of a potential vote of no confidence from the opposition. If the parliament adopted them, the government would have to resign. Early parliamentary elections would probably be held in France.

From Paris Anna Wróbel (PAP)

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