# French parliament rejects 2027 budget in rare unity

> MPs across the political spectrum voted down the government's draft budget, sending it to the Senate and deepening France's fiscal deadlock.
- Title: French parliament rejects 2027 budget in rare unity · RFI
- Summary: MPs across the political spectrum voted down the government's draft budget, sending it to the Senate and deepening France's fiscal deadlock.
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- Source: RFI — https://rfi.fr/en/france/20261105-french-mps-unanimously-reject-2027-budget-as-political-deadlock-deepens
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## Parliament votes down budget unanimously
France's National Assembly rejected the government's 2027 budget draft on Wednesday. Four hundred fifty-eight MPs voted against, with none in favour and two abstentions.
## Deficit targets now at risk
The original budget aimed to cut France's public deficit to five percent of GDP in twenty twenty-seven, down from five point four percent this year, through savings of approximately forty-three billion euros.
## MPs dismantled key cost-cutting measures
During ten days of debate, MPs scrapped proposed cuts affecting pensioners and local authorities, plus a surtax on large company profits.
## Opposition parties blame government failure
Far-right National Rally MP Jean-Philippe Tanguy said the government was solely responsible for drafting an unbalanceable budget. Left-wing France Unbowed chairman Éric Coquerel said the budget fails to meet population needs and worsens the deficit.

> This budget fails to meet the needs of the population and makes worse what it is supposed to improve: the deficit.
## Government may bypass parliament in December
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu's office said negotiations resume in December after Senate review.If deadlock persists, Lecornu could invoke Article forty-nine point three to push the budget through without a parliamentary vote, risking a no-confidence motion.

> The time for compromise will come after the Senate's reading.
## Key takeaway

France's National Assembly unanimously rejected the 2027 budget draft on Wednesday, forcing negotiations to resume in December after Senate review.