France's Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu addresses wide governmental remarks to members of Parliament, astatine the French National Assembly, France's little location of parliament, successful Paris, connected October 14, 2025.
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French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu connected Tuesday suspended a landmark 2023 pension betterment until aft the 2027 statesmanlike election, bowing to unit from leftist lawmakers who had demanded specified a determination to guarantee his governmental survival.
Lecornu, who is facing an uphill conflict to past astatine slightest 2 no-confidence votes aboriginal this week, made the announcement successful parliament arsenic portion of a last-ditch effort to forge the conditions for passing a slimmed-down 2026 budget.
Lecornu's determination represents an acknowledgment by French President Emmanuel Macron that mothballing the pension betterment - which helium considers to beryllium 1 of his main economical legacies - was the lone mode to guarantee the endurance of Lecornu, his sixth premier curate successful little than 2 years.
"I volition suggest to parliament, starting this autumn, that we suspend the 2023 pension betterment until the statesmanlike election," Lecornu told lawmakers.
"No summation successful the status property volition instrumentality spot from present until January 2028.
France is successful the midst of its worst governmental situation successful decades arsenic a succession of number governments question to propulsion deficit-reducing budgets done a truculent legislature divided into 3 chiseled ideological blocs.
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