The French government on Wednesday pushed revenue legislation through in the 2024 budget bill via the lower house of parliament, utilising special constitutional powers to bypass a lawmakers' vote.

As President Emmanuel Macron's government doesn't have an outright majority in parliament, it has relied on powers within an article of the country's constitution to ensure legislation is passed in spite of opposition.

After lawmakers within the lower house finance commission rebuffed the revenue section of the legislation, the government used these special powers to advance the budget bill, Reuters reports.

They had sought to include another 5,300 amendments to the bill, which would threaten to overturn the government's deficit-reduction plans.

"It's clear that no opposition party is prepared to vote in favour of this budget bill, and yet our country needs this budget," said Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne to lawmakers on stating she would invoke article 49.3 of the constitution.

The revised version of the budget bill will be passed as long as a motion of censure against the government lodged by far-left opposition lawmakers fails, which has happened previously.

The government's version of the bill comprised of 378 amendments, such as a tax break reduction that tenants of short-term rental company Airbnb benefit from.

Furthermore, a claw-back mechanism is being extended in 2024 in power firms' revenues when prices are high. This initiative was implemented at the peak of the energy price shock in Europe.

An additional amendment requires companies to make contributions to profit-sharing schemes if they buy back their own shares to cancel them.

Finance Commission lawmakers will consider the expenditures part of the bill from 24th October. It will then go to a vote before the full lower house and then subsequently to the Senate. However, the government may need to once again bypass a vote, the Reuters report adds.