08:54⇢Lecornu's 49.3 Retreat
⌨French media continues to focus heavily on Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu's announcement that he will not use Article 49.3 of the Constitution to pass the budget, as political consultations with parties like the PS and RN continue to form a government (BFMTV, France TV Info, Le Figaro, Le Monde, Le Parisien, Le Point, Les Echos, L'Express, Libération, L'Obs). Marine Le Pen finds Lecornu's renunciation "respectful" but also "deplores" it, while LFI still plans to censure him (BFMTV, France TV Info, Le Monde, L'Express).