⌨The 2027 budget took over the front pages: the government planned to freeze basic pensions for retirees receiving at least 2,034 euros a month, while debt was projected at a record 121.7% of GDP in 2027. Le Monde framed it as Sébastien Lecornu's pas de deux with the Rassemblement national, as housing allowances were frozen and health spending braked, with Amélie de Montchalin warning on public finances.
Cost-of-living politics ran alongside: the extension of the high-mileage bonus was weighed, Fabien Roussel called for mobilization, former Yellow Vests in Marseille hoped for a revival, and the CGT warned of a hard winter.
The weekend rallies opened the 2027 race, with Bardella, Glucksmann and Dupont-Aignan, while Mediapart hit Delogu over unpaid child support and Philippe Brun filed a defamation complaint. Police shot a threatening motorcyclist in Beauvais, and France Inter dropped Charles Sapin's editorial.