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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

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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China: Massive Fire Engulfs Biotechnology Factory in Hebei

A major fire broke out at a biotechnology company in northern China, sending towering flames and thick smoke around a high-rise factory building. The fire erupted on December 11, 2025, at Guoxu Biotechnology Company in Fuping County, Baoding City, Hebei Province. The video shows the multi-story industrial building fully engulfed in flames, with heavy black smoke billowing into the sky. Local fire authorities said the blaze was caused by the ignition of insulation materials inside the factory. Firefighters extinguished the fire after about two and a half hours, and no casualties were reported.

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Independent Energy Storage Power Station

ZHANGYE, CHINA - DECEMBER 22, 2025 - The staff conducted testing on the transmission equipment before grid connection and transmission at the 300MW/1200MWh independent energy storage power station battery container warehouse work site in Beibutan New Energy Industrial Park in Linze County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, China on December 22, 2025.

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Independent Energy Storage Power Station

ZHANGYE, CHINA - DECEMBER 22, 2025 - The staff conducted testing on the transmission equipment before grid connection and transmission at the 300MW/1200MWh independent energy storage power station battery container warehouse work site in Beibutan New Energy Industrial Park in Linze County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, China on December 22, 2025.

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Independent Energy Storage Power Station

ZHANGYE, CHINA - DECEMBER 22, 2025 - The staff conducted testing on the transmission equipment before grid connection and transmission at the 300MW/1200MWh independent energy storage power station battery container warehouse work site in Beibutan New Energy Industrial Park in Linze County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, China on December 22, 2025.

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Independent Energy Storage Power Station

ZHANGYE, CHINA - DECEMBER 22, 2025 - The staff conducted testing on the transmission equipment before grid connection and transmission at the 300MW/1200MWh independent energy storage power station battery container warehouse work site in Beibutan New Energy Industrial Park in Linze County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, China on December 22, 2025.

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Independent Energy Storage Power Station

ZHANGYE, CHINA - DECEMBER 22, 2025 - The staff conducted testing on the transmission equipment before grid connection and transmission at the 300MW/1200MWh independent energy storage power station battery container warehouse work site in Beibutan New Energy Industrial Park in Linze County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, China on December 22, 2025.

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Independent Energy Storage Power Station

ZHANGYE, CHINA - DECEMBER 22, 2025 - 300MW/1200MWh independent energy storage power station in Beibu Tan New Energy Industrial Park at Linze County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, China on December 22, 2025.

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Independent Energy Storage Power Station

ZHANGYE, CHINA - DECEMBER 22, 2025 - The staff is carefully checking the operation of the 300MW/1200MWh independent energy storage power station in the central control room of the North Beach New Energy Industrial Park in Linze County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, China on December 22, 2025.

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Independent Energy Storage Power Station

ZHANGYE, CHINA - DECEMBER 22, 2025 - The staff conducted testing on the transmission equipment before grid connection and transmission at the 300MW/1200MWh independent energy storage power station battery container warehouse work site in Beibutan New Energy Industrial Park in Linze County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, China on December 22, 2025.

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Independent Energy Storage Power Station

ZHANGYE, CHINA - DECEMBER 22, 2025 - 300MW/1200MWh independent energy storage power station in Beibu Tan New Energy Industrial Park at Linze County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, China on December 22, 2025.

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Independent Energy Storage Power Station

ZHANGYE, CHINA - DECEMBER 22, 2025 - 300MW/1200MWh independent energy storage power station in Beibu Tan New Energy Industrial Park at Linze County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, China on December 22, 2025.

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Wensan Future Technology Experience Center in Hangzhou

Tourists watch industrial robots assembling machines at the Wensan Future Technology Experience Center in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on December 18, 2025.

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate - Vote Of Finance Bill 2026 - Paris

Roland Lescure, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty during the vote of the finance bill 2026 at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. This finance bill had been massively rejected at first reading in the Assembly National, with a single favorable vote. A joint committee (CMP) bringing together seven deputies and seven senators will then try, this Friday, to find an agreement. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM