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French parliament likely to miss key budget deadline

PARIS — France’s National Assembly is expected to miss a deadline to vote on the first part of the country’s 2026 budget.

Lawmakers from the lower chamber of France’s parliament were due to vote Tuesday on the part of the budget that deals with raising revenue. But they are unlikely to have enough time to work through the more than 2,400 amendments that still need to be discussed and voted on.

“We will not have time to vote on the revenue side of the budget on Tuesday,” Philippe Juvin, the top lawmaker in charge of the budget at the National Assembly, said in an interview with broadcaster LCI on Sunday.

Two government officials, both of whom were granted anonymity as they were not authorized to speak to the press, confirmed the delay to POLITICO.

The delay is likely to raise doubts about whether lawmakers can stick to the tight schedule needed to pass a budget. Legislative work must be wrapped up shortly before Christmas so any bills passed have the requisite time to be reviewed by the constitutional court before being enacted by President Emmanuel Macron.

If no vote takes place on Tuesday, the National Assembly will pause debating the revenue part of the text until November 13. They will then have 10 more days to wrap up discussions before the text goes to the Senate.

In the meantime, they will start discussing the social security budget, a distinct piece of legislation which covers pension and health care spending.

Last week, the National Assembly passed amendments that raised corporate taxes to the government’s dismay, but it failed to adopt a new wealth tax inspired by economist Gabriel Zucman, which was one of the key demands made by the Socialist Party.

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