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Japanese Princess Kako turns 31

Japanese Princess Kako, Emperor Naruhito's niece, waves on her way to meet the emperor at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 29, 2025, her 31st birthday.

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Japanese Princess Kako turns 31

Japanese Princess Kako, Emperor Naruhito's niece, waves on her way to meet the emperor at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 29, 2025, her 31st birthday.

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Top 10 World Sports News Events In 2025

The World Aquatics Championships, held in Singapore from July 11 to August 3, produced three world records and 15 championship records in swimming events. Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh shone with four gold medals and one bronze. China's breaststroke specialist Qin Haiyang claimed two golds, one silver and one bronze, finishing as the only Asian swimmer in the gold medal standings. Then-12-year-old Yu Zidi earned bronze with China's women's 4x200m freestyle relay team, becoming the youngest swimming medalist at the worlds. This file photo taken on July 31, 2025 shows Summer McIntosh (top) of Canada competing during the women's 200m butterfly final of swimming at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. Photo by Xia Yifang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Top 10 Athletes In 2025

4. Chen Yuxi (China, diving) Chen won three gold medals in women's 10m platform, women's synchronized 10m platform and mixed team at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. Her victory in the individual platform marked her fourth world title in the event and made her the first diver in history to achieve the feat. Chen also secured a fourth consecutive synchronized world title, second only to the five-title record held by compatriot Chen Ruolin. She was named the 2025 Female Diving Athlete of the Year by World Aquatics. This file photo taken on July 31, 2025 shows Chen Yuxi of China posing after the awarding ceremony for the women's 10m platform final of diving at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. Photo by Luo Yuan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Top 10 Athletes In 2025

6. Faith Kipyegon (Kenya, athletics) Kipyegon won her third consecutive world title in the women's 1,500m at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. The 31-year-old also broke her own 1,500m world record with 3:48.68 at Wanda Diamond League meeting in Eugene. This file photo taken on Sept. 16, 2025 shows gold medalist Faith Kipyegon of Kenya celebrating after the women's 1500m final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Photo by Ju Huanzong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Top 10 Athletes In 2025

7. Summer McIntosh (Canada, swimming) McIntosh broke world records in the women's 400m freestyle, 200m individual medley and 400m individual medley at Canada's national trials in June. At the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, McIntosh dominated by claiming golds in the women's 400m freestyle, 200m individual medley, 400m individual medley and 200m butterfly events. This file photo taken on July 31, 2025 shows Summer McIntosh of Canada waving to the spectators during the awarding ceremony for the women's 200m butterfly final of swimming at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. Photo by Xue Yuge/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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BASKET - Euroleague - Virtus Bologna vs Olympiakos Pireo

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BASKET - Euroleague - Virtus Bologna vs Olympiakos Pireo

31 Aliou DIARRA Virtus Match BASKETBALL - EUROLEAGUE Virtus Bologna vs Olympiacos Piraeus 26-12-2025 45 Nicola AKELE Virtus Match BASKETBALL - EUROLEAGUE Virtus Bologna vs Olympiacos Piraeus 26-12-2025 94 Evan Fournier Olympiacos Piraeus Match BASKETBALL - EUROLEAGUE Virtus Bologna vs Olympiacos Piraeus 26-12-2025 during Virtus Bologna vs Olympiakos Pireo, Basketball Euroleague match in Bologna, Italy, December 26 2025

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French communist party (PCF) senator and councillor for Paris' mayor, Ian Brossat during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

This photo shows a screen displaying the results of the vote following a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

This photo shows a screen displaying the results of the vote following a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial, Energy and Digital Sovereignty Roland Lescure and French Minister of Action and Public Accounts Amelie de Montchalin during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

This photo shows a screen displaying the results of the vote following a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

General view during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial, Energy and Digital Sovereignty Roland Lescure and French Minister of Action and Public Accounts Amelie de Montchalin during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial, Energy and Digital Sovereignty Roland Lescure and French Minister of Action and Public Accounts Amelie de Montchalin during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial, Energy and Digital Sovereignty Roland Lescure and French Minister of Action and Public Accounts Amelie de Montchalin during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

Marc Lamenie during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

Vincent Delahaye during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial, Energy and Digital Sovereignty Roland Lescure during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Senator of the Ecologiste - Solidarite et Territoires group Gregory Blanc during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial, Energy and Digital Sovereignty Roland Lescure during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

Vincent Delahaye during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Minister of Spatial Planning and Decentralization Francoise Gatel and French Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial, Energy and Digital Sovereignty Roland Lescure during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Senator of Rassemblement des Democrates, Progressistes et Independants Xavier Iacovelli during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

Vincent Delahaye during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial, Energy and Digital Sovereignty Roland Lescure and French Minister of Action and Public Accounts Amelie de Montchalin during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Minister of Spatial Planning and Decentralization Francoise Gatel and French Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial, Energy and Digital Sovereignty Roland Lescure during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Senator of Rassemblement des Democrates, Progressistes et Independants Xavier Iacovelli during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

Marc Lamenie during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

Anne Chain-Larche during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial, Energy and Digital Sovereignty Roland Lescure during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Senator of the Ecologiste - Solidarite et Territoires group Gregory Blanc during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Senator of the Ecologiste - Solidarite et Territoires group Gregory Blanc during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Senator of the Ecologiste - Solidarite et Territoires group Gregory Blanc during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Senator of the Ecologiste - Solidarite et Territoires group Gregory Blanc during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Senator of the Communiste Republicain Citoyen et Ecologiste - Kanaky group Pascal Savoldelli during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Senator of the Socialiste, Ecologiste et Republicain group Thierry Cozic during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Senator of the Socialiste, Ecologiste et Republicain group Thierry Cozic during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Senator of the Communiste Republicain Citoyen et Ecologiste - Kanaky group Pascal Savoldelli during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Senator of the Socialiste, Ecologiste et Republicain group Thierry Cozic during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Senator of Rassemblement des Democrates, Progressistes et Independants Xavier Iacovelli during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Senator of Rassemblement des Democrates, Progressistes et Independants Xavier Iacovelli during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Senator of the Socialiste, Ecologiste et Republicain group Thierry Cozic during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Senator of Rassemblement des Democrates, Progressistes et Independants Xavier Iacovelli during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Senator of Rassemblement des Democrates, Progressistes et Independants Xavier Iacovelli during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Senator of Rassemblement des Democrates, Progressistes et Independants Xavier Iacovelli during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Senator of Les Republicains group Christine Lavarde during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Senator of the Les Independants - Republique et Territoires group Vanina Paoli-Gagin during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vote of Special Bill To Budget for 2026 at the French Senate - Paris AJ

French Senator of Les Republicains group Christine Lavarde during a solemn examination and vote on the special budget bill presented by the government to continue to provisionally finance the State and administrations, at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on December 23, 2025. In the absence of a budget passed before December 31 2025, a special law will be submitted to Parliament, a legislative tool intended to ensure the continuity of the State in order to temporarily escape the budgetary impasse. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM