French MPs end budget deadlock after rejecting two no-confidence motions

France's Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, together with other ministers, at the Assemblée Nationale, in Paris, on February 2, 2026. BERTRAND GUAY / AFP

France adopted a 2026 government budget bill on Monday, February 2, after Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survived the latest in a string of no-confidence motions that followed months of fraught negotiations.

Lawmakers rejected two no-confidence motions tabled by the radical left and far-right parties, after the premier forced his budget bill through parliament without a vote on Friday, for the third and final time. The outcome cleared the way for the budget's final approval after four months of political deadlock over government spending.

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