French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu is bringing his cabinet together on Monday to tackle the increasingly difficult task of drawing up the 2027 budget, with weak growth, rising borrowing costs and the threat of a no-confidence vote narrowing the government’s room for manoeuvre.
The day begins at the Élysée Palace with a Cabinet meeting devoted entirely to the start of the new school year, before ministers move to a wing of the Hôtel des Invalides for a closed-door session expected to run into the afternoon.
