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…

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu's decision to ram the budget through Parliament without a vote, using Article 49.3 of the Constitution, is not undemocratic, explains…

For the second year in a row, France has failed to pass a budget before the end of December, as required by the constitution. At the time of writing, Prime Minister Sebastien…

The French government used the controversial Article 49.3 to push through its budget. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu will have to use the same constitutional power twice more to…