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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

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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 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

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 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 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 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 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 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

Senator and member of centre-right Union des Democrates et Independants (UDI) party Michel Canevet 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