EDITORIAL. Caught up in grandstanding and obsessed with their own image, France's MPs failed to reach a compromise on the budget bill, forcing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu to invoke Article 49.3 of the Constitution on Monday. No one emerged from the episode a winner.

Sébastien Lecornu had pledged not to force the budget into law, but faced a stalemate in Parliament. He has made concessions to the Socialists in order to survive a confidence…

EDITORIAL. Caught up in grandstanding and obsessed with their own image, France's MPs failed to reach a compromise on the budget bill, forcing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu to…