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- France's lawmakers rejected a wealth tax and adopted a diluted tax on assets in holding companies.
- Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, lacking a parliamentary majority, faces Socialist Party pressure to tax the wealthy.
- Socialist leader Olivier Faure warned that without major tax reforms the budget would fail and spark elections.
- The government aims to amend spending plans to avoid freezing pensions and welfare benefits amid deadlock.