"budgetary process"

#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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#13254342

30 January 2026

Marc Fesneau, President of the Parliamentary Group Les Democrates, sits alone in an empty National Assembly during the discussion for the budget bill for 2026 in the National Assembly, France's lower house of parliament, in Paris, France, on January 30, 2026.

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#13254353

30 January 2026

France's Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and La France Insoumise - Nouveau Front Populaire's MP Eric Coquerel argue just after the announcement of the use for the third time of Article 49.3 of the Constitution 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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#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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#13254627

30 January 2026

Sebastien Lecornu, the French Prime Minister, talks to Philippe Juvin, deputy of the Droite Republicaine parliamentary group and general rapporteur of the Committee on Finance, General Economy and Budgetary Control, after he triggers Article 49.3 during the debate in the final reading of the draft finance bill for 2026 at the National Assembly 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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#13254622

30 January 2026

Eric Coquerel, MP deputy of the La France Insoumise parliamentary group and President of the National Assembly's Finance Committee, protests with the French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu after he triggers Article 49.3 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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#13246729

28 January 2026

Sebastien Lecornu, the French Prime Minister, stands next to ministers of his government during the debates on the two motions of no confidence tabled by the Parliament groups Rassemblement National (RN) and La France Insoumise - Nouveau Front Populaire (LFI), after the triggering of Article 49.3 to pass the Finance Bill without the votes of the MPs at the National Assembly, in Paris, France, on January 27, 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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#13192459

14 January 2026

MPs vote and discuss during a session of questions to the government during the debate on the budget bill for the year 2026 in the hemicycle at the National Assembly, France's lower house of parliament, in Paris, France, on January 13, 2026

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#13192460

14 January 2026

MPs vote and discuss during a session of questions to the government during the debate on the budget bill for the year 2026 in the hemicycle at the National Assembly, France's lower house of parliament, in Paris, France, on January 13, 2026

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#13192461

14 January 2026

MPs vote and discuss during a session of questions to the government during the debate on the budget bill for the year 2026 in the Hemicycle at the National Assembly, France's lower house of Parliament, in Paris, France, on January 13, 2026

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