Budget 2026 : Lecornu a-t-il vraiment tout lâché au PS ?
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The episode opens with a direct question about whether Minister Sébastien Lecornu has given up everything to the Socialist Party regarding the 2026 budget. Host Guillaume Tabard, in conversation with David Abicaire, states that the budget will be adopted, likely through the 49-3 procedure, after the PS confirmed it would not censure the government following Friday's announcements. Tabard notes this is mission accomplished for Lecornu but questions the price, pointing out that Lecornu failed to avoid using force as promised and had to concede to PS demands to escape censure. He highlights the contradiction: Lecornu both made concessions and used force, risking a Socialist-style budget from a non-Socialist Prime Minister. Lecornu defends this as a compromise benefiting all groups, but Tabard argues the bulk of concessions went to the PS, including activity bonus increases, 1-euro meals for all students, measures for social landlords, and green fund boosts. These add billions in spending to a budget initially meant to cut deficits. Tabard recalls this follows the suspension of pension reform in the Social Security budget. When asked if reducing the deficit to 5% of GDP is good news, Tabard explains basic budget arithmetic: more spending with lower deficits requires more revenue, meaning taxes, likely on businesses, such as an extended IL surtax raising 8 billion euros. He concludes the PS gave up nothing, the government conceded everything, and other parties from Renaissance to LR let it pass to end the debate, as Gabriel Attal stated. The budget will thus be adopted wearily and without glory, with an added note on potential impacts from Donald Trump's tariff decisions. The episode ends with a transition to a guest segment on Arctic geopolitics.
