PARIS (Reuters) -France’s Socialists have threatened to topple the government by Monday if their budget conditions are not met, saying on Friday they would file a no-confidence bill next week if the mega-rich are not forced to pay more tax.
“We have made an effort not to censure the prime minister, but so far we have not seen any sign of a willingness to compromise,” Socialist party leader Olivier Faure told BFM on Friday. “If there is no change by Monday, it’s all over.”
Given the arithmetic of France’s starkly divided parliament, the Socialists have the power to topple Prime Minster Sebastien Lecornu’s weak minority government if they partner with the far left and the far right, which have already said they want to oust him.
Lecornu had managed to win Socialist support by pledging to scrap a landmark pension reform, but the left clearly believes in can extract greater concessions as talks to pass the 2026 budget began on Friday on the floor of the National Assembly.
(Reporting by Alessandro Parodi and Dominique Vidalon; Editing by Alison Williams)
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