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TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 27 Kyodo - Japanese Communist Party leader Tomoko Tamura makes a stump speech in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2026, as official campaigning begins across Japan for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8. (Kyodo)

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General election in Japan

Japanese Communist Party leader Tomoko Tamura makes a stump speech in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2026, as official campaigning begins across Japan for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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General election in Japan

Japanese Communist Party leader Tomoko Tamura makes a stump speech in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2026, as official campaigning begins across Japan for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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General election in Japan

Japanese Communist Party leader Tomoko Tamura makes a stump speech in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2026, as official campaigning begins across Japan for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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Debate by leaders of Japanese political parties

(from L) Japanese Communist Party leader Tomoko Tamura, Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki, Centrist Reform Alliance co-leader Yoshihiko Noda, Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party head Sanae Takaichi, Japan Innovation Party co-leader Fumitake Fujita, Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya and Reiwa Shinsengumi co-leader Akiko Oishi attend a debate session at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2026, a day before official campaigning for the Feb. 8 general election starts.

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Debate by leaders of Japanese political parties

(from L) Japanese Communist Party leader Tomoko Tamura, Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki, Centrist Reform Alliance co-leader Yoshihiko Noda, Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party head Sanae Takaichi, Japan Innovation Party co-leader Fumitake Fujita, Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya and Reiwa Shinsengumi co-leader Akiko Oishi attend a debate session at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2026, a day before official campaigning for the Feb. 8 general election starts.

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Japanese political parties' leaders

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C), who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, attends a debate with leaders of other political parties at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2026. Participants of the debate session set prior to a general election on Feb. 8 are (from L) Japanese Communist Party leader Tomoko Tamura, Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki, Centrist Reform Alliance co-leader Yoshihiko Noda, (from 5th from L) Japan Innovation Party co-leader Fumitake Fujita, Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya and Reiwa Shinsengumi co-leader Akiko Oishi.

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Japanese political parties' leaders

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C), who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, poses with leaders of other political parties before a debate session at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2026. Participants of the debate session set prior to a general election on Feb. 8 are (from L) Japanese Communist Party leader Tomoko Tamura, Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki, Centrist Reform Alliance co-leader Yoshihiko Noda, (from 5th from L) Japan Innovation Party co-leader Fumitake Fujita, Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya and Reiwa Shinsengumi co-leader Akiko Oishi.

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Japanese political parties' leaders

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C), who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, poses with leaders of other political parties before a debate session at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2026. Participants of the debate session set prior to a general election on Feb. 8 are (from L) Japanese Communist Party leader Tomoko Tamura, Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki, Centrist Reform Alliance co-leader Yoshihiko Noda, (from 5th from L) Japan Innovation Party co-leader Fumitake Fujita, Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya and Reiwa Shinsengumi co-leader Akiko Oishi.

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Japanese political parties' leaders

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C), who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, poses with leaders of other political parties before a debate session at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2026. Participants of the debate session set prior to a general election on Feb. 8 are (from L) Japanese Communist Party leader Tomoko Tamura, Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki, Centrist Reform Alliance co-leader Yoshihiko Noda, (from 5th from L) Japan Innovation Party co-leader Fumitake Fujita, Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya and Reiwa Shinsengumi co-leader Akiko Oishi.

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Japanese political parties' leaders

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C), who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, poses with leaders of other political parties before a debate session at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2026. Participants of the debate session set prior to a general election on Feb. 8 are (from L) Japanese Communist Party leader Tomoko Tamura, Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki, Centrist Reform Alliance co-leader Yoshihiko Noda, (from 5th from L) Japan Innovation Party co-leader Fumitake Fujita, Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya and Reiwa Shinsengumi co-leader Akiko Oishi.

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General election in Japan

A Japanese Communist Party candidate waves to voters during a stump speech in Saitama near Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2026, ahead of the general election on Feb. 8.

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Vietnamese Communist Party general secretary

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Prime Minister Meeting With Wang Yi - Addis Ababa

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CPPCC New Year Gathering - Beijing - China

Leaders of the Communist Party of China and the state Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi and Han Zheng attend the New Year gathering held by the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 31, 2025. The leaders also watched a performance at the gathering. Photo by Xie Huanchi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CPPCC New Year Gathering - Beijing - China

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivers an important speech at the New Year gathering held by the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 31, 2025. Photo by Yan Yan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CPPCC New Year Gathering - Beijing - China

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivers an important speech at the New Year gathering held by the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 31, 2025. Photo by Xie Huanchi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ex-Japanese Communist Party chief Fuwa dies at 95

Japanese Communist Party chief Tetsuzo Fuwa (R) shakes hands with Chinese President Jiang Zemin in Beijing in July 1998. Fuwa died on Dec. 30, 2025, aged 95.

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Ex-Japanese Communist Party chief Fuwa dies at 95

Former Japanese Communist Party chief Tetsuzo Fuwa gives an interview in Tokyo in September 2018. He died on Dec. 30, 2025, aged 95.

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Ex-Japanese Communist Party chief Fuwa dies at 95

Former Japanese Communist Party chief Tetsuzo Fuwa gives an interview in Tokyo in September 2018. He died on Dec. 30, 2025, aged 95.

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China-Cambodia-Thailand Meeting - Yuxi

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China-Cambodia-Thailand Meeting - Yuxi

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Prak Sokhonn, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand Sihasak Phuangketkeow attend the China-Cambodia-Thailand foreign ministers' meeting in Yuxi, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Dec. 29, 2025. The China-Cambodia-Thailand foreign ministers' meeting was successfully held in Yuxi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province on Monday. The meeting was also attended by the military authorities of the three countries, on December 29, 2025, in Yuxi, China. Photo by Wang Guansen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China-Cambodia-Thailand Meeting - Yuxi

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Prak Sokhonn, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand Sihasak Phuangketkeow attend the China-Cambodia-Thailand foreign ministers' meeting in Yuxi, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Dec. 29, 2025. The China-Cambodia-Thailand foreign ministers' meeting was successfully held in Yuxi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province on Monday. The meeting was also attended by the military authorities of the three countries, on December 29, 2025, in Yuxi, China. Photo by Wang Guansen/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China-Cambodia-Thailand Meeting - Yuxi

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Prak Sokhonn, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand Sihasak Phuangketkeow attend the China-Cambodia-Thailand foreign ministers' meeting in Yuxi, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Dec. 29, 2025. The China-Cambodia-Thailand foreign ministers' meeting was successfully held in Yuxi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province on Monday. The meeting was also attended by the military authorities of the three countries, on December 29, 2025, in Yuxi, China. Photo by Wang Guansen/ABACAPRESS.COM

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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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French Communist Party Members Meet With Prime Minister - Paris

National secretary of French far-left Communist party (PCF) Fabien Roussel after a meeting with French Prime Minister at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on December 22, 2025, before a cabinet meeting at the end of the day to urgently present a "special bill" aimed at breaking the budget deadlock, following the failure of the parliamentary review of the state budget. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Communist Party Members Meet With Prime Minister - Paris

National secretary of French far-left Communist party (PCF) Fabien Roussel speaks to press with President of Communist Republican Citizen and Ecologist - Kanaky group in the French Senate Cecile Cukierman and President of the 'Gauche Democrate et Republicaine' group at the National Assembly Stephane Peu after a meeting with French Prime Minister at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on December 22, 2025, before a cabinet meeting at the end of the day to urgently present a "special bill" aimed at breaking the budget deadlock, following the failure of the parliamentary review of the state budget. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Communist Party Members Meet With Prime Minister - Paris

National secretary of French far-left Communist party (PCF) Fabien Roussel after a meeting with French Prime Minister at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on December 22, 2025, before a cabinet meeting at the end of the day to urgently present a "special bill" aimed at breaking the budget deadlock, following the failure of the parliamentary review of the state budget. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Communist Party Members Meet With Prime Minister - Paris

National secretary of French far-left Communist party (PCF) Fabien Roussel after a meeting with French Prime Minister at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on December 22, 2025, before a cabinet meeting at the end of the day to urgently present a "special bill" aimed at breaking the budget deadlock, following the failure of the parliamentary review of the state budget. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Communist Party Members Meet With Prime Minister - Paris

National secretary of French far-left Communist party (PCF) Fabien Roussel after a meeting with French Prime Minister at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on December 22, 2025, before a cabinet meeting at the end of the day to urgently present a "special bill" aimed at breaking the budget deadlock, following the failure of the parliamentary review of the state budget. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Communist Party Members Meet With Prime Minister - Paris

National secretary of French far-left Communist party (PCF) Fabien Roussel speaks to press with President of Communist Republican Citizen and Ecologist - Kanaky group in the French Senate Cecile Cukierman and President of the 'Gauche Democrate et Republicaine' group at the National Assembly Stephane Peu after a meeting with French Prime Minister at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on December 22, 2025, before a cabinet meeting at the end of the day to urgently present a "special bill" aimed at breaking the budget deadlock, following the failure of the parliamentary review of the state budget. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Communist Party Members Meet With Prime Minister - Paris

National secretary of French far-left Communist party (PCF) Fabien Roussel speaks to press after a meeting with French Prime Minister at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on December 22, 2025, before a cabinet meeting at the end of the day to urgently present a "special bill" aimed at breaking the budget deadlock, following the failure of the parliamentary review of the state budget. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Communist Party Members Meet With Prime Minister - Paris

National secretary of French far-left Communist party (PCF) Fabien Roussel speaks to press with President of Communist Republican Citizen and Ecologist - Kanaky group in the French Senate Cecile Cukierman and President of the 'Gauche Democrate et Republicaine' group at the National Assembly Stephane Peu after a meeting with French Prime Minister at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on December 22, 2025, before a cabinet meeting at the end of the day to urgently present a "special bill" aimed at breaking the budget deadlock, following the failure of the parliamentary review of the state budget. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Communist Party Members Meet With Prime Minister - Paris

National secretary of French far-left Communist party (PCF) Fabien Roussel speaks to press after a meeting with French Prime Minister at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on December 22, 2025, before a cabinet meeting at the end of the day to urgently present a "special bill" aimed at breaking the budget deadlock, following the failure of the parliamentary review of the state budget. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Communist Party Members Meet With Prime Minister - Paris

President of Communist Republican Citizen and Ecologist - Kanaky group in the French Senate Cecile Cukierman speaks to press after a meeting with French Prime Minister at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on December 22, 2025, before a cabinet meeting at the end of the day to urgently present a "special bill" aimed at breaking the budget deadlock, following the failure of the parliamentary review of the state budget. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Communist Party Members Meet With Prime Minister - Paris

National secretary of French far-left Communist party (PCF) Fabien Roussel speaks to press after a meeting with French Prime Minister at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on December 22, 2025, before a cabinet meeting at the end of the day to urgently present a "special bill" aimed at breaking the budget deadlock, following the failure of the parliamentary review of the state budget. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Communist Party Members Meet With Prime Minister - Paris

National secretary of French far-left Communist party (PCF) Fabien Roussel speaks to press after a meeting with French Prime Minister at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on December 22, 2025, before a cabinet meeting at the end of the day to urgently present a "special bill" aimed at breaking the budget deadlock, following the failure of the parliamentary review of the state budget. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Communist Party Members Meet With Prime Minister - Paris

President of Communist Republican Citizen and Ecologist - Kanaky group in the French Senate Cecile Cukierman speaks to press after a meeting with French Prime Minister at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on December 22, 2025, before a cabinet meeting at the end of the day to urgently present a "special bill" aimed at breaking the budget deadlock, following the failure of the parliamentary review of the state budget. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Communist Party Members Meet With Prime Minister - Paris

President of Communist Republican Citizen and Ecologist - Kanaky group in the French Senate Cecile Cukierman speaks to press after a meeting with French Prime Minister at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on December 22, 2025, before a cabinet meeting at the end of the day to urgently present a "special bill" aimed at breaking the budget deadlock, following the failure of the parliamentary review of the state budget. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Communist Party Members Meet With Prime Minister - Paris

National secretary of French far-left Communist party (PCF) Fabien Roussel speaks to press after a meeting with French Prime Minister at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on December 22, 2025, before a cabinet meeting at the end of the day to urgently present a "special bill" aimed at breaking the budget deadlock, following the failure of the parliamentary review of the state budget. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Communist Party Members Meet With Prime Minister - Paris

National secretary of French far-left Communist party (PCF) Fabien Roussel speaks to press after a meeting with French Prime Minister at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on December 22, 2025, before a cabinet meeting at the end of the day to urgently present a "special bill" aimed at breaking the budget deadlock, following the failure of the parliamentary review of the state budget. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Communist Party Members Meet With Prime Minister - Paris

National secretary of French far-left Communist party (PCF) Fabien Roussel speaks to press after a meeting with French Prime Minister at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on December 22, 2025, before a cabinet meeting at the end of the day to urgently present a "special bill" aimed at breaking the budget deadlock, following the failure of the parliamentary review of the state budget. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Communist Party Members Meet With Prime Minister - Paris

National secretary of French far-left Communist party (PCF) Fabien Roussel speaks to press with President of Communist Republican Citizen and Ecologist - Kanaky group in the French Senate Cecile Cukierman and President of the 'Gauche Democrate et Republicaine' group at the National Assembly Stephane Peu after a meeting with French Prime Minister at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on December 22, 2025, before a cabinet meeting at the end of the day to urgently present a "special bill" aimed at breaking the budget deadlock, following the failure of the parliamentary review of the state budget. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Communist Party Members Meet With Prime Minister - Paris

National secretary of French far-left Communist party (PCF) Fabien Roussel and President of Communist Republican Citizen and Ecologist - Kanaky group in the French Senate Cecile Cukierman after a meeting with French Prime Minister at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on December 22, 2025, before a cabinet meeting at the end of the day to urgently present a "special bill" aimed at breaking the budget deadlock, following the failure of the parliamentary review of the state budget. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Communist Party Members Meet With Prime Minister - Paris

National secretary of French far-left Communist party (PCF) Fabien Roussel speaks to press with President of Communist Republican Citizen and Ecologist - Kanaky group in the French Senate Cecile Cukierman and President of the 'Gauche Democrate et Republicaine' group at the National Assembly Stephane Peu after a meeting with French Prime Minister at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on December 22, 2025, before a cabinet meeting at the end of the day to urgently present a "special bill" aimed at breaking the budget deadlock, following the failure of the parliamentary review of the state budget. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Communist Party Members Meet With Prime Minister - Paris

National secretary of French far-left Communist party (PCF) Fabien Roussel speaks to press after a meeting with French Prime Minister at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on December 22, 2025, before a cabinet meeting at the end of the day to urgently present a "special bill" aimed at breaking the budget deadlock, following the failure of the parliamentary review of the state budget. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Communist Party Members Meet With Prime Minister - Paris

National secretary of French far-left Communist party (PCF) Fabien Roussel after a meeting with French Prime Minister at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on December 22, 2025, before a cabinet meeting at the end of the day to urgently present a "special bill" aimed at breaking the budget deadlock, following the failure of the parliamentary review of the state budget. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Communist Party Members Meet With Prime Minister - Paris

National secretary of French far-left Communist party (PCF) Fabien Roussel and President of Communist Republican Citizen and Ecologist - Kanaky group in the French Senate Cecile Cukierman after a meeting with French Prime Minister at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on December 22, 2025, before a cabinet meeting at the end of the day to urgently present a "special bill" aimed at breaking the budget deadlock, following the failure of the parliamentary review of the state budget. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM