The French Senate on Wednesday approved a special law to ensure the continuation of core state functions while the government works on next year's budget. The law, passed after the lower house's approval, serves as a temporary measure while the deeply divided parliament tackles the 2025 budget.

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French parliament adopts special law to avoid government shutdown

PARIS - France's National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, on Monday approved a special law designed to maintain core state functions and prevent any interruption of public services, three days after President Emmanuel Macron named Francois Bayrou as his fourth prime minister of 2024.

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To ensure the continuity of public services, a special law was definitively adopted on 18 December. We will have to wait for a real finance law to decide on new fiscal measures.

Pour assurer la continuité des services publics, une loi spéciale a été adoptée définitivement le 18 décembre. Il faudra attendre une vraie loi de finances pour décider de nouvelles mesures fiscales.

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Senators adopted the text unanimously, without changing the version already approved by the National Assembly on Monday. The enactment of the law before 31 December is assured.

Les sénateurs ont adopté le texte à l’unanimité, sans modifier la version déjà approuvée lundi par l’assemblée nationale. La promulgation de la loi avant le 31 décembre est assurée.

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The pro-European coalition parties, PSD, PNL, UDMR and the minorities have concluded a new round of negotiations, stating that the USR's demands are a pretext to dissociate themselves from the government. At the same time, the coalition parties reiterated the need for a common candidate for the presidential elections.

Partidele coaliției pro-europene, PSD, PNL, UDMR și minoritățile au încheiat o nouă rundă de negocieri, precizând că cerințele USR sunt un pretext pentru a se disocia de guvernare. Totodată partidele coaliției au reiterat necesitatea unui candidat comun pentru alegerile prezidențiale.

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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will travel to Brussels on Wednesday, where a summit of the European Union and the Western Balkan countries will be held, and on Thursday he will attend a meeting of the European Council, Bertalan Havasi, the prime minister's press chief, told MTI.

Orbán Viktor miniszterelnök szerdán Brüsszelbe utazik, ahol az Európai Unió és a nyugat-balkáni országok csúcstalálkozóját tartják, csütörtökön pedig az Európai Tanács ülésén vesz részt - tájékoztatta az MTI-t Havasi Bertalan, a miniszterelnök sajtófőnöke.

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Pending the constitution of a full-fledged government around François Bayrou and especially a real budget for the year 2025, Parliament is working as quickly as possible with this atypical bill, which authorizes the executive to levy taxes and borrow to finance the State and Social Security.

Dans l’attente de la constitution d’un gouvernement de plein exercice autour de François Bayrou et surtout d’un véritable budget pour l’année 2025, le Parlement pare au plus pressé avec ce projet de loi atypique, qui autorise l’exécutif à prélever l’impôt et à emprunter pour financer l’Etat et la Sécurité sociale.

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Viktor Orbán will travel on from Brussels immediately because of Russian gas - in Bulgaria he will meet with both the former and current prime ministers.

Orbán Viktor Brüsszelből rögtön továbbutazik az orosz gáz miatt - Bulgáriában a volt és a jelenlegi kormányfővel is találkozik.

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USR leader Elena Lasconi said her party wanted to participate in government to help solve the problems facing Romania. "We wanted to be in government, (...), but they don't want us," she said, suggesting a lack of openness on the part of other parties.

Liderul USR, Elena Lasconi, a declarat că formațiunea sa își dorește să participe la guvernare pentru a contribui la soluționarea problemelor cu care se confruntă România. „Ne-am dorit să fim la guvernare, (...), dar ei nu ne vor”, a afirmat aceasta, sugerând o lipsă de deschidere a altor partide.

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