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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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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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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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#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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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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#13254329

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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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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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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#13254334

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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#13254336

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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#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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#13230555

23 January 2026

The Rassemblement National MPs, RN, stand next to the empty parliamentary benches of the other right-wing parliamentary groups 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 French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu triggers Article 49.3 to pass the Finance Bill without the votes of the MPs at the National Assembly, in Paris, France, on January 23, 2026.

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23 January 2026

The Rassemblement National MPs, RN, stand next to the empty parliamentary benches of the other right-wing parliamentary groups 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 French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu triggers Article 49.3 to pass the Finance Bill without the votes of the MPs at the National Assembly, in Paris, France, on January 23, 2026.

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#12867008

16 October 2025

A general view of the hemicycle during the debate on the motion of no-confidence vote against the French government of Sebastien Lecornu shows the empty seats of the parliamentary bench of the centrist parties at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 16, 2025.

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