The Senate is expected to vote on the budget bill Tuesday.
In a second financial amendment bill since the coronavirus crisis began, the French lower house approved a €110 billion budget plan, which includes bonuses for medical staff, funds to help struggling workers and families, and aid to businesses including strategic industries such as aviation and car manufacturing.
Members of the centre-right Republican Party and the Socialist Party, both in opposition, approved the text – unlike France’s far-left Communist and France Unbowed parties.
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