"Procedural rules"

#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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#13254621

30 January 2026

Sebastien Chenu, MP deputy of the Rassemblement National (RN) parliamentary group and Vice-President of the National Assembly, is seen in the hemicycle during the debate in final reading of the draft finance bill for 2026 after the French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu triggers once again Article 49.3, at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on January 30, 2026.

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#13221782

20 January 2026

A general view of the hemicycle of the National Assembly during a session of questions to the government occurs just before the use of Article 49.3 of the Constitution 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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#13221485

20 January 2026

French Leftist Party La France Insoumise (LFI) Member of Parliament and mayoral candidate for the 2026 municipal elections of Marseille, Sebastien Delogu, attends a session of questions to the government just before the use of Article 49.3 of the Constitution 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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#13221487

20 January 2026

French Leftist Party La France Insoumise (LFI) Member of Parliament and mayoral candidate for the 2026 municipal elections of Marseille, Sebastien Delogu, attends a session of questions to the government just before the use of Article 49.3 of the Constitution 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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#13221488

20 January 2026

French Leftist Party La France Insoumise (LFI) Member of Parliament and mayoral candidate for the 2026 municipal elections of Marseille, Sebastien Delogu, attends a session of questions to the government just before the use of Article 49.3 of the Constitution 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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#13221447

20 January 2026

France's Public Accounts Minister Amelie De Montchalin attends a session of questions to the government just before the use of Article 49.3 of the Constitution 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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#13221450

20 January 2026

France's Public Accounts Minister Amelie De Montchalin attends a session of questions to the government just before the use of Article 49.3 of the Constitution 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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#13079179

10 December 2025

Hendrik Davi, deputy of the Ecologiste et Social parliamentary group, speaks while holding the rules of procedure of the National Assembly book during the formal vote session on the social security financing bill for 2026, PLFSS 2026, at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on December 9, 2025.

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#12818559

2 October 2025

A general view of the hemicycle during the ordinary session before the election of the six Vice-Presidents and three questeurs at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on January 10, 2025.

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#12818560

2 October 2025

A general view of the hemicycle during the ordinary session before the election of the six Vice-Presidents and three questeurs at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on January 10, 2025.

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#12818561

2 October 2025

A general view of the hemicycle during the ordinary session before the election of the six Vice-Presidents and three questeurs at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on January 10, 2025.

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#12636320

12 August 2025

A man with plastic bags collects deposit bottles from a public trash in Munich, Germany, on August 11, 2025.

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#12625899

8 August 2025

The Landgericht Bonn serves as a regional court for civil and criminal cases in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on July 31, 2025.

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#12625900

8 August 2025

The Landgericht Bonn serves as a regional court for civil and criminal cases in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on July 31, 2025.

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#12625901

8 August 2025

The Landgericht Bonn serves as a regional court for civil and criminal cases in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on July 31, 2025.

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