"Budget Control"

#13283946

7 February 2026

A plastic sculpture with the text ''Mieten Stopp!'' (Rent Freeze!) is beside a street as a protest during a public protest for affordable housing at Odeonsplatz in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on February 07, 2026.

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#13283947

7 February 2026

A plastic sculpture with the text ''Mieten Stopp!'' (Rent Freeze!) is beside a street as a protest during a public protest for affordable housing at Odeonsplatz in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on February 07, 2026.

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#13254324

30 January 2026

France's Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu announces the use for the third time of Article 49.3 of the Constitution to hold the government accountable for the budget bill for 2026 in front of an empty National Assembly, France's lower house of parliament, in Paris, France, on January 30, 2026. Article 49.3 of the Constitution allows the government to push through legislation without a vote in the National Assembly. However, the use of 49.3 allows opposition parties to put forward no-confidence motions

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#13254325

30 January 2026

France's Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu announces the use for the third time of Article 49.3 of the Constitution to hold the government accountable for the budget bill for 2026 in front of an empty National Assembly, France's lower house of parliament, in Paris, France, on January 30, 2026. Article 49.3 of the Constitution allows the government to push through legislation without a vote in the National Assembly. However, the use of 49.3 allows opposition parties to put forward no-confidence motions

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#13254326

30 January 2026

France's Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu announces the use of Article 49.3 of the Constitution for the third time to hold the government accountable for the budget bill for 2026 in front of an empty National Assembly, France's lower house of parliament, in Paris, France, on January 30, 2026. Article 49.3 of the Constitution allows the government to push through legislation without a vote in the National Assembly. However, the use of 49.3 allows opposition parties to put forward no-confidence motions

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#13254327

30 January 2026

France's Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu announces the use of Article 49.3 of the Constitution for the third time to hold the government accountable for the budget bill for 2026 in front of an empty National Assembly, France's lower house of parliament, in Paris, France, on January 30, 2026. Article 49.3 of the Constitution allows the government to push through legislation without a vote in the National Assembly. However, the use of 49.3 allows opposition parties to put forward no-confidence motions

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#13254328

30 January 2026

France's Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu announces the use of Article 49.3 of the Constitution for the third time to hold the government accountable for the budget bill for 2026 in front of an empty National Assembly, France's lower house of parliament, in Paris, France, on January 30, 2026. Article 49.3 of the Constitution allows the government to push through legislation without a vote in the National Assembly. However, the use of 49.3 allows opposition parties to put forward no-confidence motions

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#13254366

30 January 2026

Empty right-wing seats appear just before the use of Article 49.3 of the Constitution for the third time to hold the government accountable for the budget bill for 2026, at the National Assembly, France's lower house of Parliament, in Paris, France, on January 30, 2026

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#13254368

30 January 2026

Empty left-wing seats just before the use of Article 49.3 of the Constitution for the third time to hold the government accountable for the budget bill for 2026, at the National Assembly, France's lower house of Parliament, in Paris, France, on January 30, 2026

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#13254626

30 January 2026

Philippe Juvin, deputy of the Droite Republicaine parliamentary group and general rapporteur of the Committee on Finance, General Economy and Budgetary Control, is next to Sebastien Lecornu, the French Prime Minister, and Eric Coquerel, MP deputy of the La France Insoumise parliamentary group and President of the National Assembly's Finance Committee, during the session on the debate in final reading of the draft finance bill for 2026 at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on January 30, 2026.

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#13254628

30 January 2026

Sebastien Chenu, MP deputy of the Rassemblement National parliamentary group and Vice-President of the National Assembly, talks to Sebastien Lecornu, the French Prime Minister, and Philippe Juvin, deputy of the Droite Republicaine parliamentary group and general rapporteur of the Committee on Finance, General Economy and Budgetary Control, during the debate in final reading of the draft finance bill for 2026 at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on January 30, 2026.

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#13221968

20 January 2026

France's Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu announces the use of Article 49.3 of the Constitution to hold the government accountable for the revenue portion of the bill during the examination of the budget bill for 2026 at the National Assembly, France's lower house of parliament, in Paris, France, on January 20, 2026. Article 49.3 of the Constitution allows the government to push through legislation without a vote in the National Assembly. However, the use of 49.3 allows opposition parties to put forward no-confidence motions

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#13221969

20 January 2026

France's Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu announces the use of Article 49.3 of the Constitution to hold the government accountable for the revenue portion of the bill during the examination of the budget bill for 2026 at the National Assembly, France's lower house of parliament, in Paris, France, on January 20, 2026. Article 49.3 of the Constitution allows the government to push through legislation without a vote in the National Assembly. However, the use of 49.3 allows opposition parties to put forward no-confidence motions

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#13127625

24 December 2025

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz addresses the media as he arrives to attend a European Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on December 18, 2025. European leaders discuss Ukraine, the Middle East, and European defense and security.

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#13127627

24 December 2025

Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban addresses the media as he arrives to attend a European Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on December 18, 2025, where European leaders discuss Ukraine, the Middle East, and European defense and security.

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#13127629

24 December 2025

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz addresses the media as he arrives to attend a European Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on December 18, 2025. European leaders discuss Ukraine, the Middle East, and European defense and security.

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