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France passes budget after months of wrangling and no-confidence motions

globalFebruary 2, 2026
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France passes budget after months of wrangling and no-confidence motions
PM Sébastien Lecornu pushes budget through using constitutional powers that avoided vote in parliamentFrance has finally passed a budge
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PM Sébastien Lecornu pushes budget through using constitutional powers that avoided vote in parliament

France has finally passed a budget for this year after the minority government survived a series of no-confidence votes in a long-running political saga that has unsettled debt markets and alarmed the country’s European partners.

The prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, told parliament on Monday, after months of wrangling, that French people “refuse this disorder and want our institutions to function”.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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