1 September 2026 brought a cluster of national rule changes: a pension-reform pause, mandatory e-invoicing for many firms, a 5.6 percent gas-price rise and tighter sick-leave prescriptions.

Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu plans to send the 2027 budget bill to the National Assembly a week early, aiming to avoid a third year starting under a stopgap law.

The Finance Ministry says summer heatwaves and drought may cut 0.1 percentage points from French growth this year, with farm output expected to fall sharply.