The French Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, announced this Friday a salvo of concessions to the socialists to be able to carry out the 2026 budgets and escape a motion of censure with which the opposition threatens him.
In an address to the nation, the head of the Government accused the extreme right and the leftist La Francia Insumisa (LFI) of having boycotted the negotiations parliamentarians to adopt the accounts for this year, so he considered them finished, although he assured that he maintains the line of dialogue with the rest of the groups.
On the other hand, he promised to carry out the country’s accounts, without specifying whether he will do so without a parliamentary vote or by decree, options that expose him to a motion of censure, so he will have to convince socialists and the moderate right not to support him in order to remain in office and avoid an electoral advance. Along these lines, the head of the Government reiterated that The country will comply with Brussels’ commitment to keep the public deficit below 5%after having reached 5.4% in 2024.
Concessions to the left
In his speech he sent messages to both camps, although there were more social concessions, aimed at convincing the left, who promised measures in favor of the purchasing power of the most modestsuch as the freezing of income tax, the reform of social aid, the maintenance of unemployment benefits and the improvement of student scholarships. In addition, he promised 400 million euros for the construction of housing and thus address the problems that the country is going through in that area.
The chief executive He also made promises to the conservativessuch as reducing State spending which, he said, “for the first time will be less than the previous year”, maintaining the commitments made with farmers and renouncing tax increases on individuals.
