French Government Returns to Tackle Budget and 2027 Election Prep

PM Lecornu opens political season as French government returns from summer break

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu is bringing his cabinet together on Monday to tackle the increasingly difficult task of drawing up the 2027 budget, with weak growth, rising borrowing costs and the threat of a no-confidence vote narrowing the government’s room for manoeuvre.

By RFI