Politics · France · 13 hrs ago
Lescure says he hopes to avoid using orders to pass France’s 2027 budget
France’s economy minister, Roland Lescure, says he would prefer parliament to pass the 2027 budget through a vote.
He wants the budget deficit to be no more than 5%, which he says is important as France’s debt concerns markets.
Deputies rejected the budget’s revenue section in committee, but the proposal returns to the National Assembly on Tuesday in its original form.
The committee’s changes would have increased the deficit by more than 8 billion euros, Lescure said.
The government has no majority in the Assembly, making it harder to pass the budget through a regular vote.
Another option is to use a constitutional procedure that can pass a bill without a vote, or to adopt the budget by executive orders if parliament reaches a deadlock.
Lescure says he hopes debate will continue and that changes are possible as long as the deficit stays at 5% or lower.
French Economy Minister Roland Lescure said he would prefer Parliament to debate the 2027 budget rather than have it adopted by ordinance.
He said he wanted to keep the budget deficit at 5% or lower.
The National Assembly’s finance committee rejected the budget’s revenue section on Friday.
The budget is due to return to the Assembly chamber on Tuesday.
Lescure said ordinances should be a last resort if the budget process reached an impasse.
- Who
- Roland Lescure, France’s economy minister, and members of Parliament.
- What
- Lescure said he preferred parliamentary debate on the 2027 budget to adopting it by ordinance.
- When
- He made the remarks on Sunday, October 11, 2026; debate in the Assembly chamber was due on Tuesday.
- Where
- France, including the National Assembly and interviews on France Inter and France 2.
- Why
- Lescure said ordinances would mean Parliament could not properly take part in the debate, and he wants the deficit at 5% or lower.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
I would prefer to avoid ordinances.
I would prefer that we avoid them, because it means we are not really able to take parliamentary debate into account.
I will not exceed 5%.
We are in an extremely fragmented France today, and if we want to move it forward, we will have to show a spirit of coalition.
The National Assembly’s finance committee rejected the revenue section of the budget.
Lescure said he preferred to avoid adopting the budget by ordinance and defended a 5% deficit target.
The budget was scheduled to return to the National Assembly chamber for debate.
- Budget year
- 2027
- Deficit target
- 5%
- Committee decision
- The revenue section was rejected
- Scheduled debate
- Tuesday in the National Assembly chamber
- Potential route without a vote
- Budget ordinances
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