A copy of the 2026 budget bill at the Assemblée Nationale, in Paris, on October 25, 2025. JULIEN MUGUET FOR LE MONDE
Budget talks are ongoing in the Assemblée Nationale, and the prospect of a vote on the 2026 budget bill (PLF) has receded. While the official parliamentary calendar still provides for the first part of the PLF to be put to a vote on Tuesday, November 4, it now seems unlikely that lawmakers will have completed their review of the bill by then.
By the end of the evening on Wednesday, October 29, more than 2,500 amendments still remained to be discussed. Given the slow pace of debates thus far, with MPs getting through about 15 amendments per hour on average, and given that Thursday was entirely set aside for the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party's special parliamentary session, which allows them to set the agenda for debates, only Friday and Monday remain to finish debating the PLF's revenue section. Lawmakers from all parties had come to accept that the deadline could not be met.
"All this is very slow. I don't really see how we can finish reviewing these budget bills, and, therefore, get to a vote," said RN leader Marine Le Pen, speaking to the Parliamentary Journalists Association on Wednesday.
