France's newly-appointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu reacts as he speaks at the end of the handover ceremony at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on September 10, 2025. LUDOVIC MARIN/Pool via REUTERS
PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu on Friday ruled out using special constitutional powers to ram the budget through parliament without a vote, putting the onus on lawmakers to agree on a compromise.
Lecornu's pledge came ahead of crunch talks with political rivals - the far-right National Rally (RN) and Socialist party - over how to pass a slimmed-down 2026 budget, a complex legislative balancing act that could lead to his ouster.
