Overview
- Only 267 and 140 of 577 deputies backed separate no-confidence bids from the far right and the left, leaving the cabinet in office.
- The spending portion of the budget was adopted without a final Assembly vote under Article 49.3, after the revenue section was passed the same way.
- The text now goes to the Senate, which is expected to reject it before it returns to the National Assembly for another planned 49.3 use early next week.
- Concessions to the Socialists secured crucial backing and undercut the left-led attempt to topple the government.
- The budget seeks to steer France’s deficit toward a five percent target after months of contentious negotiations.