France passes budget after months of wrangling and no-confidence motions
PM Sébastien Lecornu pushed budget through using constitutional powers that avoided vote in parliamentFrance has finally passed a budget for this year after the minority government survived a series of...
By Angelique Chrisafis in Paris · The Guardian World
PM Sébastien Lecornu pushed budget through using constitutional powers that avoided vote in parliament France has finally passed a budget for this year after the minority government survived a series of no-confidence votes in a long-running political saga that has unsettled debt markets and alarmed the country’s European partners. The prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu , told parliament on Monday, after months of wrangling, that French people “refuse this disorder and want our institutions to function”. Continue reading...