Members of Parliament adopt an amendment transforming the real estate wealth tax into a "tax on unproductive wealth"

Thank you and good evening. Regarding the turmoil in the National Assembly, which rejected the Zucman tax , much to the dismay of the left, to whom Sébastien Lecornu attempted to appease by abandoning the freeze on minimum social benefits and retirement pensions. Have a good evening and see you soon on lefigaro.fr!

Members of Parliament rejected the government's draft social security budget in committee on Friday evening, despite the removal of several contentious provisions, and the adoption of the article suspending pension reform. A warm-up before its final debate in the plenary session.

After rejecting the revenue section earlier in the week, MPs also rejected the spending section, thus invalidating the entire bill. It will be debated in the chamber on Tuesday in its original version proposed by the government.

There has been a moment of stunned silence in the National Assembly for the past few minutes. After the vote on the tax on unproductive wealth, Manuel Bompard declared himself "astonished by the vote that has just taken place . " "There is an alliance between the Socialist Party and the National Rally to exempt Ms. Le Pen's château from the real estate wealth tax!" he accused, to the surprise approval of members of the presidential camp.

"A new wealth tax has been adopted on the basis of an amendment from the Modem party, further amended by the Socialists," said the first secretary of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, after the adoption of the amendment creating a "tax on unproductive wealth."

Members of Parliament voted in the evening on an amendment tabled by Jean-Paul Matteï (MoDem) to replace the real estate wealth tax (IFI) with a "tax on unproductive wealth." 163 MPs voted in favor, mostly from the Socialist Party and the National Rally, against 150 MPs from La France Insoumise and the presidential camp.

In an interview with Les Echos in September, the president of the MoDem group in the Assembly, Marc Fesneau , notably advocated the introduction of a "tax on unproductive wealth, similar to the old ISF, excluding assets useful to the economy" .

Members of Parliament approved in committee on Friday the suspension of the pension reform proposed by the government to avoid censure from the Socialist Party, despite the reluctance of the government camp and part of the left, which denounces a suspension that is a sham.

Included in the Social Security budget, the article suspending the 2023 Borne reform was approved by 22 votes to 12. The National Rally and the Socialists voted in favor. The France Unbowed party, which insists on a complete repeal, and the Republicans and Horizons members, who want to maintain the reform, voted against. The remaining members, including those from Renaissance, mostly abstained.

The National Union of Family Associations (UNAF) on Friday deemed the draft social security budget "too negative for families," calling on parliamentarians to "reduce the financial burden placed on parents . " "It is unacceptable" that this budget "impacts the standard of living of all families," the UNAF, which represents families to public authorities, stated in a press release.

"Several measures will worsen family policy and the standard of living for all families," Bernard Tranchant, president of the National Union of Family Associations (UNAF), told AFP. These measures include freezing the amount of family benefits and postponing the increase in family allowances from 14 to 18 years of age.

The National Union of Family Associations (UNAF) also criticizes "the elimination of tax credits for school fees, which, combined with the postponement of the age-related allowance, could result in a loss of over €2,000 per year for families." Conversely, UNAF welcomes the creation of an additional two months of parental leave for each parent, approved by the committee on Friday. However, it regrets that this leave is financed by "savings" imposed on families.

The Insoumis will not "participate" in the meeting between ministers and political groups announced by Sébastien Lecornu , announced the leader of LFI, Mathilde Panot, without surprise.

"The Insoumis will not participate in the Lecornu government's charade, which aims for only one thing: to bypass Parliament and continue making compromises in secret meetings," said Mathilde Panot, leader of the Insoumis deputies, on the X platform . "The people of France expect nothing more from this government than its departure and that of Emmanuel Macron," she added.

On X, Marine Tondelier attacked the National Rally's position after its MPs voted "against the Zucman tax . " "Once again, Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella's party proves that it serves the wealthy, the ultra-rich, and the powerful. It couldn't care less about the working and middle classes it claims to defend," wrote the 2027 presidential candidate. "This charade has gone on long enough," she added.

The Socialist Party leader put renewed pressure on Sébastien Lecornu , declaring that his party was ready "to go to the polls if necessary." Olivier Faure, however, welcomed the Prime Minister's decision to abandon the freeze on pensions and social welfare benefits in 2026. "If the French want" the Zucman tax, they will have to "vote for the left" in the next legislative and presidential elections, the Socialist MP added.

He also called on the Prime Minister to "seek a compromise" because at this stage "there is no possibility of passing this budget." "There are still too many horrors in this draft," he believes, while the Socialist Party "will ensure that the version is corrected."

"That's enough": Manuel Bompard, leaving the National Assembly, called on MPs to act after the vote in the National Assembly and asked the socialists to censure Sébastien Lecornu .

Returning to the microphone in the chamber, Sébastien Lecornu announced his intention to implement a "change of approach." After meeting with all the group leaders in the coming days to discuss the situation, he reiterated that he is seeking "a solution, not chaos."

"All you have is chaos as your program, when you don't have lies and falsehoods," he declared to the members of La France Insoumise. "It will be either decline or resurgence," he concluded.

In their speeches, left-wing MPs highlighted the growing share of the largest fortunes as a percentage of GDP, and the lower taxation of the ultra-rich compared to the average French person.

For the leader of the LFI deputies, Mathilde Panot , the vote "demonstrates that there is absolutely nothing to negotiate with a Macronist power which, from the beginning, since they lost the elections, has decided to implement their program."

For his part, Socialist MP Arthur Delaporte said he was "very worried because the direction taken is not the right one." But "there are still other amendments coming, notably on the reinstatement of the wealth tax. So the debate on potential revenue is not over," he emphasized.

For the leader of the LR deputies, Laurent Wauquiez , "spending must be controlled" and "any tax increases avoided." "I am very pleased (...) that the Republican right has done what we are here to do: we are against tax increases that will kill jobs and kill economic activity," rejoiced Laurent Wauquiez, the leader of the LR deputies, just after the vote, who nevertheless judged that "the Fifth Republic is unraveling before our very eyes."

Moments earlier, Gabriel Attal had stated that he "wanted to defend the competitiveness of our companies" .

During a press conference in Joigny, in the Yonne region, Jordan Bardella criticized "backroom dealings" and judged that the budget vote "seems to be off to a bad start" .

"The Prime Minister of France is Olivier Faure, not Sébastien Lecornu. But I'm not sure the French are happy to see this cronyism. Macron's supporters will sell everything to avoid a dissolution of the Assembly," denounced the president of the National Rally.

After Sébastien Lecornu's speech, Marine Le Pen "admits to taking a certain pleasure" in seeing the Prime Minister "struggle in this very uncomfortable situation," which "is of (his) own making." "You are sinking into compromises that will become contradictory," she says, before denouncing "the compromises made with the Socialists" and not with "the largest force in this chamber," the National Rally.

Aware of his precarious position, Sébastien Lecornu pointed to the role of certain MPs, while, according to him, there is a "common core of people who don't want the crisis." "Do I really look like the leader of a majority? Some people didn't support the president and contributed to this crisis," he snapped, before concluding his speech.

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced on Friday that the government would be "in favour" of abandoning the freeze on retirement pensions and minimum social benefits in 2026, measures which are included in the draft social security budget.

“The government will support amendments that will unfreeze all of these social welfare benefits,” the Prime Minister told members of parliament, acknowledging that “the issue of freezing pensions” was “unacceptable” and “not accepted by our citizens.” He further asserted that he did not intend to “shirk” the issue of social security revenue, citing in particular the increase in the CSG tax on wealth, which was approved by members of parliament in committee in recent days as part of the Social Security budget.

During his speech, Sébastien Lecornu expressed his "profound disagreement" with the left regarding the Zucman tax, adding that there is no "miracle tax." "Ultimately, France needs a budget," he told the members of parliament. He called for "almost daily transparency on the evolution of the tax burden on businesses, both real and perceived, and on individuals," before launching into an attack on the left.

“Think of your country, be patriotic, and stop your demagoguery,” he told left-wing elected officials. In the absence of a budget, the prime minister raised the possibility of “a major political crisis.” “There is no constitutional tax that generates high revenues of 10 to 15 billion euros” and that “is constitutional,” he continued.

After the rejection in the chamber of several proposals for taxing high fortunes, notably the Zucman tax defended by the left in the draft budget, Sébastien Lecornu calls for "rejecting cynicism" and recalls the need to have a 2026 budget.

“The compromise is about bringing together a number of opinions. But majorities of ideas can emerge,” maintains the Prime Minister, who spent “[his] day listening.” “The Council of State has said that the Zucman tax is unconstitutional. We will therefore publish the opinion,” adds the Prime Minister.

The LFI chairman of the Finance Committee, Éric Coquerel , called for Sébastien Lecornu to be censured as early as "next week" after the rejection in the chamber of several proposals for taxing high fortunes, notably the Zucman tax defended by the left in the draft budget.

"It is a charade and a farce to think that this government could adjust its budget in the slightest. We will have to defeat it next week and censure it. That is the lesson of the afternoon," he declared in the corridors of the chamber.

The leader of the Socialist deputies, Boris Vallaud , on Friday denounced the "intransigence" of the government camp after the rejection in the chamber of several proposals for taxing high fortunes, notably the Zucman tax defended by the left in the draft budget.

"By your intransigence, I fear you are taking the wrong path. I tell you, Mr. Prime Minister, there has not been the slightest compromise since we have been in this chamber," he said to Sébastien Lecornu.

“There are no secrets or compromises,” defended Olivier Faure, the head of the Socialist deputies, who has been criticized for having lunch with Sébastien Lecornu. The leader expressed his regret after the rejection of the Zucman tax in the National Assembly, which the left had fiercely defended.

"What we want first and foremost is for the French not to have to pay the tax that billionaires do not want to pay. We have asked that the freeze on pensions, the taxation of people who are on long-term illness, the taxation of apprentices' income be removed from the draft.... 15 billion is missing to correct the draft," the parliamentarian added.

"The tax would have killed jobs and economic activity in our country," commented Laurent Wauquiez, head of the LR deputies.

"We are against tax increases that will kill jobs and economic activity. We will now propose spending cuts," the parliamentarian continued;

When questioned by C à vous about the rejection of the tax on high wealth, which he had conceived and defended in recent weeks, economist Gabriel Zucman announced that he remained hopeful that this tax "[will] eventually see the light of day" .

"All battles of this nature take time to win. This will be a major issue in the 2027 presidential election," he added.

"The National Rally, as usual, has changed its position. There is nothing to negotiate with a Macronist government, which decides to implement only its program and refuses the minimum of tax justice," thundered the rebellious elected official Mathilde Panot as she left the National Assembly, while the session was suspended.

Consequently, "the only way for our country's billionaires to be treated as taxpayers like everyone else is to censure Mr. Lecornu and for Emmanuel Macron to step down," demanded the MP, flanked by several members of La France Insoumise. "We call on all left-wing MPs to censure this government as quickly as possible," insisted the elected official, who refrained from announcing a specific date for the filing of a future motion of censure.

The session is suspended in the National Assembly for ten minutes, a few moments after the rejection of the Zucman tax, as well as the reduced Zucman tax, by the chamber.

At the end of a tense day in the chamber, the Zucman wealth tax , which was the focus of most of the discussions on the 2026 finance bill, was rejected by the National Assembly by 172 votes to 228.

Widely defended by the left, who saw it as a "minimum" tax, the tax aimed at imposing a 2% tax on people with at least 100 million euros of assets was considered a "mirage" by the central bloc.

Members of the National Assembly's Social Affairs Committee approved on Friday the creation of a new birth leave, allowing parents to take up to two additional months each to welcome their child.

This additional birth leave , which would be added to existing maternity and paternity leave, is one of the measures in the draft social security budget for 2026. This vote in committee is however only an indication, and the deputies will have to confirm it in the plenary session next week, where they will start from the initial text of the government, a rule for budget texts.

"We have a record level of poverty in the country. The 500 wealthiest people in France have doubled since 2017," thundered MP Aurélie Trouvé from the podium of the chamber.

“What matters is the effort of billionaires. The Zucman tax reinstates the principle of a 50% contribution from billionaires. Mr. Zucman, a great economist, uses indicators that you don't like because they reflect reality,” the congresswoman continued. “The watered-down Zucman tax is useless,” she insisted.

A discussion that promises to be "long" , commented the vice-president of the National Assembly, Clémence Guetté, as the debate on the Zucman tax began in the chamber.

“Billionaires benefit from an exceptional right,” which Christine Arrighi, the Green Party MP for Haute-Garonne, wants to end, she argued in the National Assembly before the vote. “Look how reasonable we are! We take 2% from them, we leave them 98%,” added François Ruffin, the MP for Somme.

The Assembly voted on Friday for a first measure to tax high wealth targeting holding companies, the scope of which was largely limited by the right wing, much to the dismay of the left wing which is preparing to defend its Zucman tax in the chamber.

It was adopted by 224 votes to 10. The leader of the Les Républicains (LR) deputies, Laurent Wauquiez , told AFP that he was pleased to "put an end to the fiscal madness and the tax mania" of the draft budget. The left-wing groups chose to abstain.

“We have made no progress or reached any agreement” on the budget issue, lamented Olivier Faure, just minutes before the debates in the National Assembly resumed. The Socialist leader had a discreet lunch with Boris Vallaud and Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu .

The conference on work and pensions called for by Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu will be officially launched on Tuesday, with a meeting on the format and working method envisaged, the Minister of Labour announced on Friday.

"On November 4, we will officially launch the Work and Pensions conference with all trade union and employer organizations," Jean-Pierre Farandou said in a written statement to AFP, as the examination of the Social Security budget (PLFSS) will open on the same day in the National Assembly.

After a break of several dozen minutes, the debates resumed in the chamber. The Zucman tax could be debated later this afternoon.

France Unbowed announced on Friday on X the opening of a petition, which has already gathered more than "15,000 signatures" , against the ban on bank overdrafts, a European directive which is due to come into force in November 2026.

"From November 20, 2026, being overdrawn will be prohibited. You will have to ask your banker for authorization for each overdraft," denounces Clémence Guetté , vice-president of the unbowed group in the National Assembly, in her petition.

The European directive aimed at strictly regulating bank overdrafts has been adopted by the European Parliament, a measure which was ratified by an order signed by Macron in September.

Members of the National Assembly's Social Affairs Committee, seized with the draft Social Security budget for 2026, approved this morning the limitation of the duration of prescribed sick leave.

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This duration will be set by decree, with the government indicating its intention to limit it to 15 days for an initial sick leave, if prescribed by a general practitioner, and 30 days in a hospital. Any extension would be limited to two months. However, doctors may deviate from the established limit "in light of the patient's situation" and justify it on their prescription.

An amendment put forward by Philippe Juvin (LR) allowing the listing of "a number of so-called luxury goods which should be considered as not being suitable for the activity of the holding company" was adopted.

Leaving the chamber, Manuel Bompard, coordinator of La France insoumise, denounced to the press a "backroom deal between the government and Les Républicains to further reduce a micro-tax. It's simply astounding."

“Everything we do here is pointless.” This Macronist MP is disillusioned. For a whole week now, he has been sitting, for hours on end, in the National Assembly’s Social Affairs Committee. Like his colleagues, the elected official is examining, amendment after amendment, the Social Security financing bill.

If he is giving this somewhat depressed speech, it is because he knows that, as the Constitution requires for all financial laws, all the work done in committee will be almost swept aside as soon as the text arrives in public session next week.

"OUR WORK IS WORTH NOTHING"

The Prime Minister has arrived in the chamber, as the Zucman tax is due to be debated in the Assembly in the coming hours.

The Socialist Party (PS ) is not giving up on the Zucman tax. "We will defend it tooth and nail," Arthur Delaporte promised on BFMTV. "Whatever happens, we have to find 15 billion euros. We try to build majorities, and then they tell us no to everything. In the end, they will pay the price," the Calvados representative stated.

This morning, Olivier Faure had estimated that the Zucman tax would "probably not be passed" . "What I want is for us to be able to correct the government's proposal," continued the leader of the Socialist deputies.

Before the Zucman tax, MPs began to discuss the article on the taxation of holdings, companies which hold shares in other companies but which are "sometimes used to build up personal wealth" , according to the Minister for Public Accounts Amélie de Montchalin who wants to "correct" the abuses.

Amendments tabled by the right wing and the National Rally, which proposed its removal, were rejected with 134 votes in favor and 262 against. The debate on the holding company tax proposed by the government will therefore proceed.

Éric Dupond-Moretti remains steadfast, reaffirming his position. Since the political crisis following the formation of the short-lived "Lecornu 1" government in early October, the former Minister of Justice has been savoring his newfound freedom of speech with undisguised pleasure. He is using this freedom to launch attacks on two former prime ministers of Emmanuel Macron : Édouard Philippe (2017-2020) and Gabriel Attal (January-September 2024), whose falling out with the president is now complete.

It must be said that both have dramatically distanced themselves from the man who appointed them—and whose position they now aspire to take. The mayor of Le Havre (Seine-Maritime) urged the head of state to plan his resignation after the budget is passed, while the leader of the Renaissance party, sacrificed on the altar of last year's failed dissolution, declared that he "no longer understands the decisions" of his former mentor. These two former Matignon officials have deliberately distanced themselves to better distinguish themselves in the run-up to the presidential election, but they are not to the liking of Éric Dupond-Moretti, who already remarked three weeks ago on BFMTV: "A few rats are leaving the sinking ship."

This was without taking into account the second salvo fired a few days later by Édouard Philippe on France 2. "I have a great deal of respect for the president who appointed me prime minister, but I owe him nothing," he retorted, while reiterating his call for an "orderly" departure of the head of state—the "only decision" he considers "dignified," because it "would avoid eighteen months of indecision and crisis" and contain a "situation of extreme instability," for which, according to him, Emmanuel Macron bears full responsibility. While the head of Horizons advocates for a break with the past, with his sights set on the 2027 election—in which he is a candidate—Éric Dupond-Moretti, on the contrary, is keen to demonstrate his loyalty to the occupant of the Élysée Palace. "Mr. Philippe, you owe him everything," he replied on Public Sénat, directly addressing Alain Juppé 's former right-hand man.

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The fateful moment is approaching, with no one knowing which way the coin will land. By depriving himself of the possibility of forcing the issue with article 49.3, Sébastien Lecornu has limited his budgetary leeway: the Prime Minister has only two short months to try to get his finance bills adopted by a majority that is still nowhere to be found in the National Assembly - otherwise he will have to resort to ordinances, provided he is not overthrown in the meantime.

However, as the debates have unfolded, the government's proposal has already been extensively revised by the opposition, potentially making it, in its current form, almost impossible for either side to pass. This worst-case scenario is increasingly believed by the French themselves, as revealed by an Odoxa-Backbone Consulting poll for Le Figaro . Some two-thirds of the country (64%; +12) predict the budget will be rejected, while only supporters of Renaissance (54%) and the Republicans (50%) still cling to the hope of its adoption by both houses of Parliament.

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On Thursday, the National Assembly adopted, by a single vote (185 for and 184 against), the National Rally's resolution denouncing the Franco-Algerian agreements. Jean-Philippe Tanguy , National Rally MP for the Somme, declared: "This is a historic victory for the National Rally," before adding: "This is the beginning of a reconquest and of no longer being passive in the face of unacceptable things."

The parliamentarian denounced the "double standards" of Gabriel Attal, president of Renaissance, whose members were absent during the vote . He criticized the group's "sectarianism" and accused the presidential party of groveling "to the Algerian government." Jean-Philippe Tanguy also targeted left-wing groups "subservient to the Algerian regime" and whose "only hope for political survival is to dissolve into a form of migratory globalism . " "The party of foreigners," he hammered home, referring to his adversaries.

As expected, the Budget debates resumed at 9 a.m. with the examination of Article 3 of the "Revenue" section of the draft Finance Bill. This article proposes the introduction of a tax on holding companies.

The Socialist Party's alternative proposal to the Zucman tax , criticized by its former partners on the left, is likely to be ineffective, economist Gabriel Zucman told franceinfo. This measure "creates loopholes," he observed. "However, the main lesson [from studies on the subject] is that as soon as you create loopholes, you set the tax optimization machine in motion . " "We need a minimum tax rate with no loopholes," he insisted.

Debates on the Zucman tax are set to begin today in the National Assembly. "We will be against this tax," the National Rally MP for the Somme region declared emphatically on Europe 1/CNEWS. He accused the left of "throwing billionaires to the wolves." "It's a tax on business assets," the National Rally representative asserted, before adding sharply: "They want to tax them irrationally, like overgrown teenagers from Nanterre University."

“I don’t understand the uproar,” replied Jean-Philippe Tanguy regarding the tax on multinationals , adopted earlier this week with votes from his party and the left. The parliamentarian asserted that “this amendment didn’t originate with the left,” before adding: “The left has a knack for appropriating the work of others, particularly the work of the Gaullists.” “It’s not a tax, but a mechanism to combat fraud,” he further explained. “There’s no magic money; either the multinationals pay their share, or the local small businesses do,” the MP concluded.

It would be "incomprehensible for MPs to reject a minimum tax" by failing to agree on the Zucman tax in the National Assembly this Friday , economist Gabriel Zucman told franceinfo. "That would amount to accepting that billionaires have the right to pay zero" tax, he insisted, whereas the tax model he proposes, supported by the left, should, in his view, prevent tax avoidance.

In the current budgetary context, "we need the ultra-wealthy to make an effort, especially since they are the least taxed," continued Gabriel Zucman. "They can structure their wealth in such a way that it generates very little taxable income," he stated. " The question today is: do we accept that this anomaly will continue?"

The Prime Minister will go to the Palais-Bourbon for the debates on the 2026 Finance Bill (PLF).

“There is clearly a majority” against the Zucman Tax, which is to be voted on today, acknowledged Olivier Faure, First Secretary of the Socialist Party, on BFMTV . “If we don’t make progress, there will be a vote against the budget. Nothing will be possible and the government will fall,” he threatened again. “What I want is for us to be able to revise the government’s proposal,” he explained regarding the budget.

Olivier Faure a regretté «une victoire symbolique certes, mais une victoire tout de même» du Rassemblement national, à la suite du vote d'une résolution de l'Assemblée nationale pour dénoncer les accords franco-algériens de 1968 portée par le RN. «Il ne l'a pas emporté grâce à ses seules voix, mais avec l'aide d'Horizons, le parti d'Edouard Philippe, de LR, le parti de Laurent Wauquiez et de Bruno Retailleau, et à la démobilisation de Renaissance qui n'est pas venu dans l'hémicycle» , a expliqué le premier secrétaire du Parti socialiste sur BFMTV . «Une partie de la droite regarde vers l'extrême droite et ne s'en cache plus. Le socle commun n'existe plus» , a-t-il ajouté.

«Ces prétendus avantages des Algériens grâce à cet accord sont une histoire fausse qu'on raconte aux enfants» , a-t-il estimé. «Le Rassemblement national cherche à revenir aux questions migratoires qui l'obsèdent alors que nous parlons de questions économiques et financières» . Pour Olivier Faure, la France «une histoire particulière avec l'Algérie qui a été quatre départements français pendant 130 ans» . «En donnant des coups de menton, on n'a apaise pas quoi que ce soit» .

Le premier ministre Sébastien Lecornu veut consacrer 130 millions d'euros dans le budget de la Sécurité sociale aux futures maisons France Santé, qu'il veut développer sur le territoire pour faire face à la désertification médicale. «On va modifier le projet de loi de finances pour la Sécurité sociale avec une somme de 130 millions d'euros» pour les maisons France Santé, a déclaré Sébastien Lecornu à l'occasion d'un déplacement à Carentan, dans la Manche.

Le premier ministre avait annoncé le lancement de ces maisons France Santé lors de son premier déplacement en tant que chef du gouvernement à Mâcon, mais sans apporter jusque là beaucoup de détails sur son projet. Les maisons France santé seront des structures déjà existantes comme des maisons de santé (animées par des médecins libéraux) ou des centres de santé (où des médecins salariés exercent) qui recevront chacune un «forfait de 50.000 euros» , a expliqué à Carentan Sébastien Lecornu.

Selon une source gouvernementale, pour avoir le label France Santé devront satisfaire «au moins quatre critères essentiels» : présence garantie d'un médecin et d'une infirmière, pas de dépassement, ouverture au moins cinq jours par semaine et recevoir des patients envoyés par le 15/service d'accès aux soins.

“No comment.” At the Élysée Palace, there was radio silence after the National Assembly narrowly adopted , on Thursday, a resolution from the National Rally denouncing the 1968 agreement , which provides for a favorable immigration regime for Algerians coming to France. And for good reason: Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu was tasked with representing the executive branch. Speaking on the sidelines of a trip to the Manche region, he said he “ respected ” the vote, while also calling for the text to be “ renegotiated .”

« Il faut que le gouvernement tienne compte du vote de l'Assemblée nationale », avait auparavant réclamé Marine Le Pen. Un vote surprise qui embarrasse l'exécutif, alors que la diplomatie française espérait ces derniers temps une discrète reprise du dialogue avec Alger, actuellement au point mort. « Je ne savais pas que la politique étrangère était une compétence du Parlement », grince un conseiller haut placé. Avant l'adoption de la résolution dans l'Hémicycle, c'est le ministre des Relations avec le Parlement, Laurent Panifous , qui s'est chargé de marteler la très diplomatique ligne gouvernementale sur l'accord de 1968 : « Privilégier la voie de la renégociation dans le cadre d'un accord exigeant. » Le nouveau ministre de l'Intérieur, Laurent Nuñez, qui a succédé à Bruno Retailleau mi-octobre, avait lui aussi martelé, peu après sa nomination, qu'une dénonciation de ce texte n'était « pas à l'ordre du jour ». Et plaidé pour « un bougé » afin de reprendre « le dialogue avec les Algériens sur les questions de sécurité ».

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Invité sur RTL, Jordan Bardella plaide pour «une dissolution le plus vite possible ». Sur une éventuelle candidature personnelle à des législatives, le président RN a affirmé : «cela fait partie des possibilités» , avant d'avancer qu'il restait au parti «une dizaine de candidats encore à investir».

Sur la copie du gouvernement, l'eurodéputé RN juge que «ce n'est pas un bon budget» et reste «opposé» à la taxe Zucman , qui doit être examinée aujourd'hui à l'Assemblée.

«Quand on décide voter un texte du Rassemblement national, qui fait une explication de texte d'une grande violence, on donne son agenda à Madame Le Pen. Le RN satellise des forces de droite, j'y vois donc une forme d'union des droites» , a expliqué Alexis Corbière, député apparenté Écologiste de la Seine-Saint-Denis, qui avait été «purgé» du parti de Jean-Luc Mélenchon, dont il avait pourtant été proche. Hier, l'Assemblée nationale a adopté à une voix près la remise en cause de l'accord franco-algérien de 1968 . Le texte était proposé par le Rassemblement national et a été voté grâce aux voix des Républicains, de l'UDR et d'Horizons, le parti d'Edouard Philippe.

«Le macronisme était absent, ni Gabriel Attal, ni Marc Fesneau n'était à l'Assemblée pour faire barrage. Donc la seule solution face à cette union des droites et au macronisme est l'union de la gauche !» , a-t-il ajouté.

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«On vivra pauvres, on vivra seuls, mais, au moins, on aura voté un bel amendement !», a ironisé, amer, le ministre de l'Économie Roland Lescure mardi lors du vote d'un amendement budgétaire LFI instaurant une taxe sur les multinationales. L'adoption de ce texte à l'Assemblée nationale, dans le cadre des discussions sur le projet de loi de finances (PLF) 2026 , a été un véritable de coup de théâtre, montrant toute l'ampleur des désaccords dans les rangs de la chambre basse.

Cette taxe n'a été que l'une des nombreuses mesures alourdissant la fiscalité approuvées par les députés depuis le début de l'examen du projet de budget 2026 dans l'hémicycle vendredi 24 octobre. Taxes sur les Gafam, sur les superdividendes ou encore sur les hauts revenus, ces amendements, souvent portés par le RN ou LFI, ont fait l'objet de débats houleux. Le Figaro fait le point sur qui a voté quoi.

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Pour réduire le déficit de la Sécurité sociale , les députés semblent étudier une autre voie que celle choisie par le gouvernement. Depuis le début de l'examen du projet de budget de la Sécu pour 2026, ce lundi, les élus réunis en commission des Affaires sociales ont rejeté plusieurs pistes de l'exécutif, comme le gel du barème de la CSG, la surtaxe des mutuelles ou la contribution patronale sur les tickets-restaurant. À la place, ceux-ci ont préféré mettre sur la table des alternatives, dont plusieurs taxes dites «comportementales» , qui visent à influencer les comportements des consommateurs pour les détourner de pratiques jugées à risque en matière de santé publique (alcool, tabac, sucre...).

Ces taxes ne font pas l'unanimité au sein de l'Assemblée. Le macroniste Jean-François Rousset y voit ainsi un «moyen efficace» de faire évoluer les mœurs, à condition qu'elles interviennent «dans le cadre d'un plan d'action de grande ampleur pour prévenir toutes ces addictions et en faire un combat». De son côté, le député RN Christophe Bentz a expliqué que son groupe s'opposerait à ces taxes comportementales, qui «sont une forme d'aveu d'échec des gouvernements successifs» et «vont attaquer très durement le pouvoir d'achat des Français» .

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Les députés aborderont ce vendredi d'autres points chauds : gel des prestations sociales, montant prévu des dépenses de l'Assurance maladie... Mais le vote attendu sera celui sur la suspension de la réforme des retraites , autre condition de la non-censure du PS à laquelle le premier ministre a consenti.

S'il existe une majorité à l'Assemblée pour abroger purement et simplement la réforme, le sort de cet article en commission est incertain. LR et Horizons (le parti d'Édouard Philippe) proposeront sa suppression, et pourraient être soutenus par des macronistes.

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Le RN devrait voter pour selon une source au groupe, tout comme les socialistes. Mais les Insoumis ne voteront pas l'article en commission, simple «report de la hausse de l'âge légal de départ» , argue Hadrien Clouet. Les écologistes l'envisagent aussi et décideront vendredi : «Hélas Macron a raison, c'est un décalage et non pas une suspension, qui quelque part entérine les 64 ans» , souligne Danielle Simonnet.

Alors que gouvernement doit proposer une taxe sur certaines holdings , des sociétés qui détiennent des participations dans d'autres entreprises, la gauche défendra l'instauration de la taxe de l'économiste Gabriel Zucman , impôt minimum de 2% sur les patrimoines de plus de 100 millions d'euros.

Les socialistes proposeront en sus leur version de compromis au camp gouvernemental : 3% à partir de 10 millions d'euros, mais en excluant les entreprises innovantes et familiales. Philippe Brun (PS), négociateur pour son groupe sur le budget, estime son rendement à «15 milliards» , une estimation nettement rehaussée pour cette Zucman bis par rapport à de précédents calculs.

Le Rassemblement national et le MoDem, quant à eux, proposeront par exemple leurs versions d'un impôt sur la fortune.

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Sauvé in extremis d'une motion de censure la semaine dernière, Sébastien Lecornu joue gros aujourd'hui. Le chef du gouvernement, soutenu par une majorité étroite, affronte une double pression : celle du PS, qui exige un signal fort sur la taxation des hauts patrimoines, celle du centre et de la droite, vent debout contre toute nouvelle taxe.

Lecornu a promis de ne pas «improviser des impôts qui créeraient des faillites certaines» , mais cherche une sortie politique qui éviterait un nouvel épisode de crise.

Ce vendredi, journée décisive à l'Assemblée : les députés reprennent à 9 heures les débats sur la fiscalité du patrimoine, avec la fameuse taxe Zucman au cœur des échanges, et la suspension de la réforme des retraites en toile de fond.

Le premier ministre Sébastien Lecornu est attendu dans l'hémicycle, sous la pression du PS qui pose ses conditions pour éviter la censure.