Lawmakers approved a bill averting a government shutdown after weeks of debate in Parliament failed to reach agreement on a new budget.

The French governing body for cricket is set to lose its state mandate, just six months after winning an executive seat on the International Cricket Council. Now, a rival federation looks to control the sport’s future in France.

France faces emergency stopgap legislation to avoid a government shutdown after lawmakers abandoned 2026 budget talks on Friday, failing to agree on a compromise bill.

Sébastien Lecornu, the third French prime minister in less than a year, succeeded where his two predecessors failed — at least for now.

A French parliamentary committee failed to agree on a 2026 budget, pushing discussion on the full fiscal plan into the new year and increasing doubts over how the government can rein in the deficit.

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