1National Politics
1.1Lecornu holds government seminar at Matignon on budget, cyberattacks and climate damage
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu convened his ministers for a back-to-work seminar at Matignon on Monday 31 August 2026, structured around three files: the 2027 budget, a summer wave of cyberattacks on public bodies, and the agricultural and civil-security consequences of record heatwaves and wildfires. On public finances, the stated priorities cited at the seminar were employment, economic performance and climate adaptation, against a backdrop the Élysée described as tension on bond markets. Lecornu had written to parliamentarians on 22 August warning that postponing the 2027 budget until after the presidential election would be "the choice of disorder." On cyber, he asked the national agency ANSSI to set up a "new cyber unit." A defence council on cybersecurity is set for mid-September; the budget bill is due in late September.
L'Échiquier Social, 31 August 2026 — https://www.lechiquiersocial.com/le-premier-ministre-sebastien-lecornu-reunit-son-gouvernement-en-seminaire-de-rentree-ce-lundi-31-aout/
1.2Council of Ministers hears school-year communication covering 11.6 million pupils
The Council of Ministers met at the Élysée on 31 August 2026 and heard the Education Minister's communication on the 2026 school year, covering 11.6 million pupils, 1.2 million staff and 55,000 schools. The readout records 161,000 fewer pupils than the previous year and a projected fall of 1.7 million by 2035. Four priorities were set out: reinforcing instruction (class-splitting in priority education, a cap of 24 in upper preschool, 300+ specialised maths and science classes); protecting pupils (surveys on sexual violence from November, extension of the mobile-phone ban to lycées, 300 new posts for school nurses, counsellors and psychologists); cohesion; and adaptation, including climate-proofing 2,500 vulnerable schools and mandatory AI instruction in seconde from 2027. The readout notes the ministry suffered cyberattacks, with the Toulouse and Nantes academies under temporary IT restrictions.
Élysée, 31 August 2026 — https://www.elysee.fr/emmanuel-macron/2026/08/31/compte-rendu-du-conseil-des-ministres-du-31-aout-2026
1.3MoDem deputy files resolution for parliamentary inquiry into cyberattacks on the state
Philippe Latombe (Les Démocrates/MoDem), a deputy specialising in digital issues, filed a resolution on 31 August 2026 seeking a parliamentary commission of inquiry into the summer's breaches of French administrations. The systems cited include the national bank-account database Ficoba, the Direction générale des finances publiques, the France Titres agency (11.7 million personal accounts affected), the Ministry of Education, and the "Zéro Logement Vacant" platform breached on 28 August 2026. Latombe says the inquiry should establish whether the breaches are isolated failures or reveal "structural vulnerabilities," and examine human, technical and budgetary resources and the architecture of cybersecurity governance. The commission requires approval by a parliamentary majority; an ANSSI audit is under way and a defence council is scheduled for mid-September.
LCP – Assemblée nationale, 31 August 2026 — https://lcp.fr/actualites/cyberattaques-contre-l-etat-un-depute-modem-reclame-une-commission-d-enquete-440722
1.4Olivier Faure declares candidacy in the left's presidential primary
Olivier Faure, first secretary of the Parti socialiste since 2018 and deputy for Seine-et-Marne, declared his candidacy for the left's presidential primary on TF1's 20-hour news, in an announcement reported on 31 August 2026. He said he was "a candidate for the presidency of the Republic because I want to carry a fairer France," and pledged to "rebuild everything" and "repair everything." The primary is scheduled over two rounds on 9-10 and 16-17 October 2026. Faure faces five declared competitors, including MEP Raphaël Glucksmann, deputies Jérôme Guedj and Philippe Brun, and Ségolène Royal. Polling cited puts Faure at 3.5-5% against 10-15% for Glucksmann.
Public Sénat, 31 August 2026 — https://www.publicsenat.fr/actualites/politique/presidentielle-olivier-faure-premier-secretaire-du-ps-est-candidat-a-la-primaire-de-la-gauche
1.5School year opens with two academies operating without digital tools after cyberattack
More than 850,000 teachers returned on Monday 31 August 2026, with pupils returning the following day, under degraded IT conditions in the Toulouse and Nantes academies. The breach was discovered on 25 July and made public on 31 July; in mid-August the attackers claimed to hold personal data on several tens of thousands of teachers and pupils. Messaging, professional applications and the digital workspaces were affected; 28 of 30 academies had been restored by the preceding Friday evening. In Toulouse, messaging and applications remained offline with full restoration estimated at around two weeks; in Nantes only partial email access was available. The ministry reported post-recruitment fill rates of 98.5% and 96.1%, against 92.1% and 90.6% the previous year.
Viral Mag, 31 August 2026 — https://viralmag.fr/rentree-scolaire-francaise-sous-contrainte-apres-une-cyberattaque/
1.6Darmanin endorses Édouard Philippe at Tourcoing event
Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin hosted his annual political rentrée in Tourcoing on 30 August 2026 and publicly endorsed Édouard Philippe (Horizons) for the 2027 presidential election. Darmanin said "my support for Édouard is the demonstration that one can disagree on everything and still be a family together"; Philippe said "this diversity is an opportunity, provided we know how to bring people together." The two set out divergences on immigration, where Darmanin argued for a moratorium while Philippe maintained openness to foreign students and medical professionals, and on pensions, where Darmanin opposed raising the retirement age to 67. Philippe said Darmanin would have a "central role" in reorganising the right and centre after the election.
Public Sénat, 30 August 2026 — https://www.publicsenat.fr/actualites/politique/a-tourcoing-gerald-darmanin-et-edouard-philippe-gomment-leurs-differences-et-affichent-leur-unite
1.7Lecornu rules out a presidential run and sketches a "reversible" 2027 budget
In an interview with Le Parisien published 29 August 2026 and at the Laboratoire de la République summer school in Sens, Sébastien Lecornu repeated that he is not a candidate in the 2027 presidential election, adding that "the government is a mission government, not a campaign government." He described the coming budget as a "budget of the first semester" whose measures would be "largely reversible after the election," and warned that having no finance law would add "domestic disorder to international disorder." He ruled out general tax rises and freezing the RSA and modest pensions, but said de-indexation of higher pensions was "on the table" to fund elderly care, and flagged de-listing of medicines with limited therapeutic benefit and a sick-leave reform. The deficit target cited is around 4.9% of GDP for 2027.
Orange/AFP, 29 August 2026 — https://actu.orange.fr/france/lecornu-reaffirme-ne-pas-etre-candidat-a-la-presidentielle-et-esquisse-un-budget-quot-reversible-quot-CNT000002rBvT7.html
1.8Hollande and Philippe debate at the Laboratoire de la République summer school in Sens
François Hollande and Édouard Philippe appeared together on 29 August 2026 at the summer university of the Laboratoire de la République in Sens (Yonne). Hollande set out "rassemblement" as his central theme, opposed primaries as divisive, positioned himself toward the centre rather than exclusively on the left, argued that experience at the highest level cannot be substituted, and advocated reforming the presidency to reduce concentrated executive power. Philippe, a declared candidate, described himself as "a man of the right who brings together the right and the centre," criticised Hollande's past compromises with La France insoumise, and emphasised character over experience. On fiscal policy, Hollande argued for tax increases and Philippe for controlling social spending.
Public Sénat, 29 August 2026 — https://www.publicsenat.fr/actualites/politique/cest-le-choc-des-titans-a-sens-le-duel-hollande-philippe-prend-des-airs-de-repetition-presidentielle
1.9Departure of Bardella adviser from Le Pen's campaign exposes RN economic divisions
Reporting on 28 August 2026 said François Durvye, 43, a polytechnicien serving as economic adviser to Jordan Bardella and a key link to business circles, will not join Marine Le Pen's presidential campaign. Le Pen said she deliberately chose not to include him, with the stated disagreement centred on pension policy: Durvye advocated removing age references from a proposed new retirement system, which conflicted with Le Pen's position. A quote attributed to Le Pen's entourage said "he wasn't reliable." The article situates the episode within an economic split inside the Rassemblement national, between a more liberal, business-facing line associated with Bardella and Le Pen's preference for state intervention. The news broke while Le Pen was debating before business leaders at the Medef.
Public Sénat, 28 August 2026 — https://www.publicsenat.fr/actualites/politique/il-netait-pas-fiable-le-depart-du-conseiller-de-jordan-bardella-francois-durvye-de-la-campagne-de-marine-le-pen-rappelle-les-divergences-qui-traversent-le-rn
1.10Socialist summer gathering at Blois dominated by the presidential race
The Parti socialiste held its summer gathering in Blois (Loir-et-Cher) on 28-29 August 2026, with Raphaël Glucksmann, François Hollande and other contenders present and the presidential primary dominating proceedings. Olivier Faure delivered a programmatic speech on 29 August predicting "the collapse of the central bloc" and trailing a book due in September with proposals on climate transition and education. Faure compared his polling position with Hollande's early standing, noting past Socialist candidates "started at 3%." Several Socialist figures, including group president Boris Vallaud, back Glucksmann. In July, activists rejected Faure's proposal for an open primary in favour of a closed primary requiring €15 membership. Candidates must declare by 15 September.
Public Sénat, 28 August 2026 — https://www.publicsenat.fr/actualites/politique/glucksmann-hollande-et-les-autres-a-blois-la-presidentielle-phagocyte-la-rentree-du-ps
2International Politics
2.1Macron signs €4.3 billion frigate contract with Sweden in Stockholm
Emmanuel Macron travelled to Sweden on 31 August 2026 and signed a €4.3 billion contract for four FDI (frégate de défense et d'intervention) vessels built by Naval Group, in a ceremony held aboard the French frigate Amiral Ronarc'h with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson; French Armed Forces Minister Catherine Vautrin was present. The first ship is due in 2030, with deliveries running to 2034-2035, and construction at the Lorient yard. The FDI is 122 metres long and displaces 4,500 tonnes. A framework agreement was signed alongside covering training of Swedish crews, joint exercises and reinforced army-to-army cooperation, focused on the Baltic and North Seas. Naval Group was selected over Babcock, Navantia and Saab, and now has 13 FDI on order.
RFI (via Shango Media), 31 August 2026 — https://www.shango.media/rfi-en-suede-emmanuel-macron-doit-sceller-une-vente-de-fregates-pour-43-milliards-deuros-11787397
2.2France exports the MdCN naval cruise missile for the first time
As part of the Stockholm agreement signed on 31 August 2026, France agreed to supply the MdCN naval cruise missile to Sweden, the first export of the system after roughly a decade of exclusive use by the Marine nationale. The four frigates ordered by Sweden will each carry eight Sylver A70 cells capable of accommodating the missile, which has a stated range of 1,400 kilometres and uses terrain-mapping and satellite guidance. Naval Group is to deliver the vessels between 2030 and 2034. The report frames the transfer within France's positioning as a European security guarantor, and notes Sweden's NATO accession in March 2024 as the context. The contract value is the same €4.3 billion package covering the four ships.
Politique Matin, 31 August 2026 — https://www.politiquematin.fr/missiles-missile-mdcn-france-tabou-suede
2.3Macron to inaugurate the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition in London and meet the new UK prime minister
Emmanuel Macron will travel to London on 2-3 September 2026 to inaugurate the British Museum exhibition of the Bayeux Tapestry, which arrived on 10 July under a one-year loan and opens to the public on 10 September 2026, running until 11 July 2027. It is the first time the 11th-century embroidery will be displayed flat and in a single piece, and the first loan to the United Kingdom; Macron committed to the loan in 2018. He is scheduled to meet new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on the Thursday and may see King Charles III. French officials note Macron would be the first EU leader received by Burnham, and stress continuity with the previous UK government on Ukraine and the Middle East. French heritage specialists have raised concerns about the risk to the artefact.
Orange/AFP, 31 August 2026 — https://actu.orange.fr/france/macron-inaugurera-mercredi-a-londres-l-exposition-de-la-tapisserie-de-bayeux-pretee-au-british-museum-CNT000002rAaaj.html
3Economics
3.1Drought declared the worst on record for French farming as government prepares CASI aid
Reported 31 August 2026: the Jeunes Agriculteurs union described 2026 as "the worst year ever known" for French agriculture, with secretary general Loïc Scalabrino calling the situation "catastrophic and unprecedented." Crop losses reach 60-70% in some areas and forage production is halved across many pastures. Ninety-eight departments are affected by drought and 57 are classified in crisis status, with conditions described as worse than 1976. Farmers face cash-flow strain from yield collapse and doubled fodder purchase costs. The government has announced a CASI plan (canicules, sécheresse, incendies) coordinating national and departmental crisis cells, treasury assistance, subsidy programmes and regulatory exemptions. Aid amounts per department were due to be detailed on 3 September 2026.
Bourse Inside, 31 August 2026 — https://bourseinside.fr/edito/secheresse-la-pire-annee-jamais-connue-pour-les-agriculteurs-le-plan-de-sauvetage-du-gouvernement-sera-t-il-a-la-hauteur/
3.2Regulated prices and sick-leave rules change on 1 September
A set of measures takes effect in France on 1 September 2026. The CRE reference gas price rises 5.6% to €172.05 per MWh. Initial sick-leave prescriptions are capped at 31 days, with extensions limited to 62 days. Electric vehicles become eligible for financing through energy-saving certificates. A decree targeting online fast-fashion retailers enters into force. Tobacco prices are adjusted, with some brands rising and others falling. Schools reopen for millions of pupils, with Corsican schools starting on 4 September. Further workplace and pension rules also begin on 1 September.
The Local France, 30 August 2026 — https://www.thelocal.fr/20260830/on-the-agenda-whats-happening-in-france-this-week-225
3.3Fitch keeps France at A+ with stable outlook
Fitch confirmed France's sovereign rating at A+ with a stable outlook on 28 August 2026, choosing neither a downgrade to A nor a shift to negative outlook. The agency cited a large and diversified economy, while flagging that debt is high and on an upward path, that political instability complicates deficit reduction, and that growth potential is limited. Conditions had deteriorated since the previous review: second-quarter growth came in at zero and the 2026 growth forecast was revised down to 0.7% from 1%. Reporting cited the agency working on a public deficit of 4.9% of GDP for 2026, with debt expected to keep rising to at least 2030. France lost its AA rating from Fitch in September 2025. Moody's is due to publish on 24 October 2026 and Standard & Poor's on 28 November 2026.
AnimaPro, 28 August 2026 — https://www.animapro.fr/actualites/notation-france-fitch-verdict-28-aout-2026-scenarios-enjeux.html
3.4INSEE revises Q2 GDP to zero and reports a 0.6% fall in purchasing power
INSEE published detailed second-quarter national accounts on 28 August 2026, revising Q2 2026 GDP to +0.0% from a first estimate of +0.2%, and Q1 to -0.2% from -0.1%, leaving France just short of a technical recession with year-to-date growth of 0.3%. Household purchasing power per consumption unit fell 0.6%, after -0.2% in the previous quarter, and the savings rate dropped to 17.2% of disposable income from 17.9%. Household consumption rose 0.3%; business investment fell 0.3%; government spending rose 0.4%. Exports rose 2.9%, driven by aeronautics, against 1.1% import growth, contributing 0.6 points to GDP, while inventory changes subtracted 0.7 points. INSEE attributed the downward revisions to degraded agricultural output and higher-than-expected service prices.
INSEE, 28 August 2026 — https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/9039499
3.5Inflation accelerates to 2.4% in August on energy prices
INSEE's provisional estimate published on 28 August 2026 put year-on-year consumer price inflation at 2.4% in August 2026, up from 2.1% in July. Energy prices rose 16.7% year-on-year, mainly petroleum products, the principal driver; in August 2025 headline inflation was 0.9% and energy prices were down 6.2%. Food prices rose 1.1% after 1.0%, with fresh products up 5.8%. Services decelerated to 2.0% from 2.2%, manufactured goods fell 0.4% after -0.7%, and tobacco was stable at 3.3%. Month on month, prices rose 0.7% after 0.6% in July, driven by the seasonal rebound in clothing and footwear after the summer sales. The harmonised index stood at 2.7% year on year.
MoneyVox, 28 August 2026 — https://www.moneyvox.fr/votre-argent/actualites/110161/inflation-monte-a-2-4-en-aout-2026
3.6Salaried employment falls 0.1% in the second quarter
INSEE data released on 28 August 2026 showed salaried employment in France at 27.021 million in the second quarter of 2026, down 0.1% or 23,500 posts on the previous quarter and down 0.3% year on year. Private-sector employment stood at 20.957 million, down 0.1% quarterly and 0.4% annually. Public-sector employment stood at 6.064 million, stable quarterly and up 0.1% year on year. Measured against the pre-pandemic reference of 25.813 million posts in the fourth quarter of 2019, France retains roughly 1.2 million net additional jobs across both sectors.
Devizu, 28 August 2026 — https://www.devizu.news/lemploi-salarie-en-france-a-baisse-de-01-au-2e-trimestre-2026/
3.7CAC 40 falls 1.68% as the 10-year OAT reaches 4.11%
French markets fell sharply ahead of the Fitch decision, with the CAC 40 closing down 1.68% at 8,319.87 points on Thursday 27 August 2026, its worst session since 8 July, in reporting published 28 August. Banks led the decline: BNP Paribas -4.79%, Société Générale -4.99%, Crédit Agricole -3.97%. The 10-year OAT yield reached 4.11%, described as the highest since June 2009, and the spread over German Bunds widened to about 88 basis points. Contextual figures cited include French public debt at 117.5% of GDP in Q1 2026, a 2025 deficit of 5.1%, and interest payments of €34.5 billion in the first half of 2026, up 19% year on year. French banks are reported to hold around €300 billion in sovereign debt.
Centaure Investissements, 28 August 2026 — https://www.centaure-investissements.com/quickfi-28-aout-2026-warsh-parle-fitch-tranche/
3.8Government confirms RSA and minimum vieillesse indexation and preserves CIR and Dutreil pact
On 28 August 2026, Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou confirmed that the RSA and the Aspa will be indexed to inflation in the 2027 budget, saying the government "made the choice to protect the most vulnerable." He signalled reluctance to index all pensions to inflation, noting that full indexation applied to some €400 billion of pension payments would be unsustainable. The labour ministry plans to preserve funding for apprenticeships, youth employment contracts and around 2,000 labour inspectors. Economy Minister Roland Lescure said the research tax credit and the Dutreil pact for family business transmission would be left untouched. Measures under consideration include partial de-indexation of higher pensions and extension of the corporate surtax which raised €7.3 billion in 2026.
LCP – Assemblée nationale, 28 August 2026 — https://lcp.fr/actualites/budget-2027-rsa-minimum-vieillesse-cir-pacte-dutreil-ce-qu-a-annonce-le-gouvernement-0
4What Politicians Are Pushing Publicly
4.1Mélenchon pledges to censure the 2027 budget
Reported on 31 August 2026 in coverage of the government's rentrée seminar: La France insoumise leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon pledged that his movement would censure the government over the 2027 budget, accusing it of economic mismanagement. The pledge follows LFI's summer gathering at Châteauneuf-sur-Isère on 20-23 August. The commitment sits alongside a separate censure warning from Socialist leader Olivier Faure, meaning the government faces stated censure intentions from both the left and, per earlier reporting, the Rassemblement national. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has said he will not immediately resort to Article 49.3 and will allow time for parliamentary negotiation. The budget bill is due in late September with examination in October.
L'Échiquier Social, 31 August 2026 — https://www.lechiquiersocial.com/le-premier-ministre-sebastien-lecornu-reunit-son-gouvernement-en-seminaire-de-rentree-ce-lundi-31-aout/
4.2Bardella makes his rentrée at the Foire de Châlons and confirms he is not the candidate
Jordan Bardella, president of the Rassemblement national, attended the Foire de Châlons-en-Champagne on 29 August 2026, his fifth appearance there, framing it as his political rentrée alongside the farming sector. He confirmed that Marine Le Pen is the RN's 2027 presidential candidate despite her appeal conviction in July, and said of the campaign: "I will be there no matter what and will campaign." Reporting notes Bardella has been designated for Matignon in the event of a Le Pen victory. Euronews reported the same day that Bardella presented the party's summer platform work as a plan to "get the country back on its feet."
Orange/AFP, 29 August 2026 — https://actu.orange.fr/politique/a-la-foire-de-chalons-la-quot-bardellamania-quot-ne-faiblit-pas-CNT000002rBwby.html
4.3Lecornu: "I am not a candidate for the presidential election"
Speaking to Le Parisien and at the Laboratoire de la République summer school in Sens on 29 August 2026, Sébastien Lecornu repeated that he will not run in 2027, saying "I am not involved in the campaign" and "the government is a mission government, not a campaign government." He set out an agenda of adopting a 2027 budget before the election, an agricultural rescue plan following the summer drought, and a sick-leave reform, without tax increases. He described the necessary budget measures as "difficult" but not "brutal," and acknowledged the risk of censure given the absence of a majority. He also said he would maintain fuel-related support measures.
LCP – Assemblée nationale, 29 August 2026 — https://lcp.fr/actualites/presidentielle-2027-je-ne-suis-pas-candidat-assure-sebastien-lecornu-440701
4.4Faure states a censure motion against the 2027 budget is certain
At the Socialist Party's summer university in Blois on 28 August 2026, Olivier Faure said the outcome of the budget vote was already settled: "there will be a censure." He said he could not see "how Gabriel Attal and Édouard Philippe would seek even the slightest compromise with the left" just before the presidential election, and that if the final text resembled their programmes the PS would have "no other response than censure." He recalled that previous budgets passed with Socialist abstention only because of specific concessions, citing the suspension of the pension reform and €1 student meals. François Hollande, also present, disagreed with automatic censure, calling for negotiation.
LCP – Assemblée nationale, 28 August 2026 — https://lcp.fr/actualites/budget-2027-le-socialiste-olivier-faure-juge-le-suspense-inexistant-il-y-aura-une
4.5Attal proposes a single-parent family package costed at about €1 billion
On 28 August 2026, at the first Université d'été de la monoparentalité in Paris, Renaissance candidate Gabriel Attal set out three proposals for single-parent families. First, removing child-support payments from the taxable income of the receiving parent, arguing "the payment simply addresses a child's needs," at an estimated cost of about one billion euros. Second, a "right to respite" guaranteeing isolated parents access to childcare in the evenings, at weekends and in emergencies. Third, a "single-parent family card" giving benefits in transport, leisure, culture and holidays and simplifying access to public childcare. Attal referenced his mother raising three children alone after divorcing at 32.
LCP – Assemblée nationale, 28 August 2026 — https://lcp.fr/actualites/presidentielle-2027-comment-gabriel-attal-veut-soutenir-les-familles-monoparentales-s-il
4.6Villepin presents a "big bang" fiscal programme
On 28 August 2026, Dominique de Villepin presented an economic programme titled "Big bang – la règle républicaine," built on separating society from the State. It proposes eliminating all tax and social niches and reducing the system to nine major taxes; a deficit target of 3% of GDP by the end of the term based on spending cuts and 0.8% annual growth; a single comprehensive tax on all forms of wealth; a unified inheritance tax with full exemption for lifetime transfers; and a single CSG rate for all citizens, extended to AI-related spending and absorbing more than €200 billion of contributions. Villepin said a "new abolition of privileges" was essential and that "no one will be abandoned."
LCP – Assemblée nationale, 28 August 2026 — https://lcp.fr/actualites/presidentielle-2027-dominique-villepin-veut-une-nouvelle-abolition-des-privileges-et-un
4.7Retailleau says he would accept a primary of the right and centre
On 28 August 2026, Bruno Retailleau, president of Les Républicains, said he had "never said no in principle to a primary, never," and added: "if there is a primary I will face it. I have fear of no competition." He also said such calls brought "water to my mill, because my candidacy is essential," while describing the current debate as political theatre and questioning whether organisers could agree on a format. The remarks follow a petition led by Hervé Morin, signed by more than 200 elected officials, calling for a primary of the right and centre. Five declared candidates currently occupy that space: Édouard Philippe, Gabriel Attal, Retailleau, David Lisnard and Xavier Bertrand.
LCP – Assemblée nationale, 28 August 2026 — https://lcp.fr/actualites/presidentielle-2027-bruno-retailleau-dit-n-avoir-peur-d-aucune-competition-en-cas-de
4.8Lescure calls the summer's macroeconomic impact "absolutely terrifying"
Responding to INSEE's downward revision of second-quarter growth on 28 August 2026, Economy Minister Roland Lescure described the revision as "the first concrete impact of the horrible summer we experienced," referring to repeated heatwaves, wildfires and storms, and characterised the macroeconomic fallout as "absolutely terrifying, enormous." He said these factors would be incorporated into the forthcoming budget projections. Lescure acknowledged the government would have "difficulty" meeting its commitment to bring the public deficit to 5%, noting that "revenues are not materialising as expected." On business taxation he said of the corporate surtax: "I would like to lower it, but I cannot commit."
LCP – Assemblée nationale, 28 August 2026 — https://lcp.fr/actualites/croissance-revisee-a-la-baisse-pour-roland-lescure-c-est-le-premier-impact-concret-de-l