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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bruno Retailleau At End-Of-Campaign Meeting - Boulogne-Billancourt

Bruno Retailleau At End-Of-Campaign Meeting - Boulogne-Billancourt

Christine Lavarde attended a campaign meeting where Bruno Retailleau gave a speech for the LR (Les Republicains) leadership election, on May 11, 2025, in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. Photo by Victor Joly/ABACAPRESS.COM

Bruno Retailleau At End-Of-Campaign Meeting - Boulogne-Billancourt

Bruno Retailleau At End-Of-Campaign Meeting - Boulogne-Billancourt

Christine Lavarde attended a campaign meeting where Bruno Retailleau gave a speech for the LR (Les Republicains) leadership election, on May 11, 2025, in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. Photo by Victor Joly/ABACAPRESS.COM

Bruno Retailleau At End-Of-Campaign Meeting - Boulogne-Billancourt

Bruno Retailleau At End-Of-Campaign Meeting - Boulogne-Billancourt

Elisabeth de Maistre and Christine Lavarde attended a campaign meeting where Bruno Retailleau gave a speech for the LR (Les Republicains) leadership election, on May 11, 2025, in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. Photo by Victor Joly/ABACAPRESS.COM

Bruno Retailleau At End-Of-Campaign Meeting - Boulogne-Billancourt

Bruno Retailleau At End-Of-Campaign Meeting - Boulogne-Billancourt

Elisabeth de Maistre and Christine Lavarde attended a campaign meeting where Bruno Retailleau gave a speech for the LR (Les Republicains) leadership election, on May 11, 2025, in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. Photo by Victor Joly/ABACAPRESS.COM

Bruno Retailleau At End-Of-Campaign Meeting - Boulogne-Billancourt

Bruno Retailleau At End-Of-Campaign Meeting - Boulogne-Billancourt

Christine Lavarde attended a campaign meeting where Bruno Retailleau gave a speech for the LR (Les Republicains) leadership election, on May 11, 2025, in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. Photo by Victor Joly/ABACAPRESS.COM

Les Republicains (LR) party leaves after a Meeting on the preparation of the 2025 Budget - Paris AJ

Les Republicains (LR) party leaves after a Meeting on the preparation of the 2025 Budget - Paris AJ

Christine Lavarde, Senator of Ardèche, president of the Republicans group in the Senate, Mathieu Darnaud, Member of the Les Republicains (LR) group, Philippe Juvin and deputy for Haute-Loire, president of the Right group Republican in the National Assembly, Laurent Wauquiez and Jean-Didier Berger leaves after a meeting with political parties and parliamentary groups on the preparation of the 2025 Budget at French Ministry of Economy and Finance in Bercy, Paris, France on January 9, 2025. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

Les Republicains (LR) party leaves after a Meeting on the preparation of the 2025 Budget - Paris AJ

Les Republicains (LR) party leaves after a Meeting on the preparation of the 2025 Budget - Paris AJ

Christine Lavarde, Senator of Ardèche, president of the Republicans group in the Senate, Mathieu Darnaud, Member of the Les Republicains (LR) group, Philippe Juvin and deputy for Haute-Loire, president of the Right group Republican in the National Assembly, Laurent Wauquiez and Jean-Didier Berger leaves after a meeting with political parties and parliamentary groups on the preparation of the 2025 Budget at French Ministry of Economy and Finance in Bercy, Paris, France on January 9, 2025. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

Les Republicains (LR) party leaves after a Meeting on the preparation of the 2025 Budget - Paris AJ

Les Republicains (LR) party leaves after a Meeting on the preparation of the 2025 Budget - Paris AJ

Christine Lavarde, Senator of Ardèche, president of the Republicans group in the Senate, Mathieu Darnaud, Member of the Les Republicains (LR) group, Philippe Juvin and deputy for Haute-Loire, president of the Right group Republican in the National Assembly, Laurent Wauquiez and Jean-Didier Berger leaves after a meeting with political parties and parliamentary groups on the preparation of the 2025 Budget at French Ministry of Economy and Finance in Bercy, Paris, France on January 9, 2025. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

Les Republicains (LR) party leaves after a Meeting on the preparation of the 2025 Budget - Paris AJ

Les Republicains (LR) party leaves after a Meeting on the preparation of the 2025 Budget - Paris AJ

Christine Lavarde, Senator of Ardèche, president of the Republicans group in the Senate, Mathieu Darnaud, Member of the Les Republicains (LR) group, Philippe Juvin and deputy for Haute-Loire, president of the Right group Republican in the National Assembly, Laurent Wauquiez and Jean-Didier Berger leaves after a meeting with political parties and parliamentary groups on the preparation of the 2025 Budget at French Ministry of Economy and Finance in Bercy, Paris, France on January 9, 2025. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM