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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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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 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 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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#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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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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#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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#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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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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#13254354

30 January 2026

France's Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and Rassemblement National's MP and National Assembly Vice-president Sebastien Chenu shake hands 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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#13254616

30 January 2026

Sebastien Chenu, MP deputy of the Rassemblement National (RN) parliamentary group and Vice-President of the National Assembly, arrives for the session at the hemicycle for the final reading of the draft finance bill for 2026 before the French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu triggers article 49.3, at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on January 30, 2026.

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30 January 2026

Sebastien Chenu, MP deputy of the Rassemblement National (RN) parliamentary group and Vice-President of the National Assembly, arrives for the session at the hemicycle for the final reading of the draft finance bill for 2026 before the French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu triggers article 49.3, at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on January 30, 2026.

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