deputies enter the home stretch of the budget discussion in the National Assembly

The countdown is on. MPs have until Sunday evening to vote on the revenue part of the nation’s budget. “Earth in Sight” comment certain elected officials in the political service of FranceTélévisions, while there are still hundreds of amendments to be discussed on Friday November 21. For their part, senators are continuing the examination of the social security budget (PLFSS) in session with the prospect of a vote in the middle of next week. Budget discussions are nearing their end. This is the beginning of the moment of truth for Sébastien Lecornu. Follow our live stream.

Elimination of VAT on basic necessities. It is a political victory for insoumise France which was at the initiative of this article. The measure passed narrowly, with 70 votes in favor and 62 against. It received the support of the entire left, while the government camp opposed it. The National Rally (RN) abstained. This measure is accompanied by a price freeze.

The Senate reinstates the freeze on the CSG scale. Senators from the right and the center continue their unraveling of the PLFSS (Social Security budget) measures voted by the deputies. The year of freezing of the scale of the generalized social contribution (CSG), levied specifically on the income of “replacement”that is to say retirement pensions, unemployment benefits and other disability pensions massively rejected by the deputies, was reinstated for the year 2026 alone, by a very large vote by show of hands. The Minister of Labor, Jean-Pierre Farandou, supported this recovery, necessary for “return to an economic equation that is bearable for the budget”.

.Towards a special law for the budget ? This solution was mentioned by the Minister responsible for Relations with Parliament on Thursday. If ever, the national budget was not adopted within the allotted time of 70 days, this would be the scenario envisaged rather than resorting to orders which would appear as a forceful passage on the part of Sébastien Lecornu. The special law renews the 2025 budget identically in order to authorize the lifting of tax. But budgetary debates will be able to continue from the start of 2026 within the framework of an amending budget. This is what happened last year when François Bayrou took over as Prime Minister from Michel Barnier on Christmas Eve.

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