France finance minister Lescure said the government will deploy all available
measures, including an administrative-ordinance mechanism never used in this
context, to secure passage of a 2027 budget that imposes rare spending caps to
reassure and aims to cut the deficit to 5% of GDP from this year’s
5.4%. With no parliamentary majority making a normal vote unlikely,
Lescure said the government could invoke Article 49.3 of the constitution to
bypass a vote or use the ordinance route to avoid rejection or delays. He
reiterated the commitment to keep the deficit at or below 5%.
