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2 February 2026

Billboards of the election candidates are seen on a roadside during the general election campaign in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on February 2, 2026. The 13th National Parliamentary Election or National Polls are held on February 12, 2026, under the interim government after the July Uprising 2024, in Bangladesh.

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2 February 2026

Billboards of the election candidates are seen on a roadside during the general election campaign in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on February 2, 2026. The 13th National Parliamentary Election or National Polls are held on February 12, 2026, under the interim government after the July Uprising 2024, in Bangladesh.

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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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#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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#13249059

28 January 2026

French MP deputies are in the hemicycle during the session of questions to the French government at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on January 28, 2026.

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28 January 2026

French MP deputies are in the hemicycle during the session of questions to the French government at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on January 28, 2026.

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28 January 2026

French MP deputies are in the hemicycle during the session of questions to the French government at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on January 28, 2026.

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#13246706

28 January 2026

A general view of the hemicycle 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) occurs 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 27, 2026.

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27 January 2026

Pouria Amirshahi, deputy of the Ecologiste et Social parliamentary group, speaks during the session of questions to the government at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on January 27, 2026.

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#13231142

23 January 2026

Sebastien Lecornu, the French Prime Minister, is seen 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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#13230562

23 January 2026

Laurent Panifous, Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister in charge of relations with Parliament, is seen 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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#13221768

20 January 2026

Rassemblement National's MP Philippe Lottiaux 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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#13221774

20 January 2026

President of the French National Assembly, Yael Braun-Pivet, 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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#13221717

20 January 2026

Marie Mesmeur, Deputy for La France Insoumise (LFI) Nouveau Front Populaire (NFP) group, 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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#13221683

20 January 2026

France's Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot 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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