Understanding the consequences of rejecting the first part of the 2026 draft finance bill on measures related to innovation
Rejection of the revenue section of the 2026 draft budget: a legislative turning point
The National Assembly rejected the revenue section of the 2026 budget bill, with 404 votes against, automatically resulting in the text being transferred to the Senate in its original form. In line with this rejection of the «revenue» section, the «expenditure» section will not be examined by the National Assembly.
Innovation: progress to be confirmed during Senate review
The progress made during the Assembly debates on innovation policy – in particular the Reintegration of young doctors into the CIR, the extension of the CICo or the evolution of the C3IV – are not included in the initial version of the text sent to the Senate. It will therefore be necessary to closely monitor the work of the upper house, which will be responsible for reintroducing, amending, or rejecting these measures.
Senators will therefore be responsible for amending the text during its single reading, before it returns to the National Assembly for a second reading.
Towards a special law in 2026?
The Government has already raised the possibility that the bill may not ultimately be adopted. In that case, it could propose, as it did last year, a special law enabling the budget debate to be reopened at the very beginning of 2026.
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