"The French parliamentary soap opera I hope you have all been watching produced a TV cliff-hanger on Tuesday night. Would the National Assembly pass a Social Security budget which was still being sweetened with concessions by the government until a few minutes before the vote? The deputies finally agreed by 13 votes, 247 to 234, to give the Secu budget a second reading the first time in the Fifth Republic (ie since 1958) that a French government and part of the opposition had cooperated to pass a budget bill."
"This was an extraordinary victory for the Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu who was given little chance of survival when he was appointed (twice) in September. It was a stinging defeat for the Far Right and Hard Left who together control more than one third of the Assembly. They have been counting on deadlock, confusion, crisis and further humiliation for the minority Centrist government and for President Emmanuel Macron."
France's National Assembly approved the Social Security portion of the 2026 budget by a 13-vote margin, 247 to 234, delivering the first half of the 2026 budget. The Secu bill advanced to a second reading, the first time in the Fifth Republic that a government and part of the opposition cooperated to pass a budget bill. The result is a political victory for Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and a setback for the Far Right and Hard Left, who together hold over one-third of the Assembly. Party splits emerged within Les Républicains and among Macron's centrist allies, producing a centre and moderate-left majority.
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