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France's main employers' organisation, the MEDEF, is holding hearings with party and coalition leaders ahead of the snap parliamentary elections. The leader of the centrist Horizons party, Edouard Philippe, is the first to be heard. IMAGES
President of the centre-right Social-Democratic Party Partido Social Democrata (PSD) since May 2022, Luis Montenegro holds his final rally ahead of the March 10 general election. The 51-year-old led its parliamentary group when it was in power from 2011 to 2015 and imposed severe austerity measures. Despite the far right's potential for depriving the PSD of a parliamentary majority, Luis Montenegro has insisted he will not accept entering into a coalition with Chega. IMAGES
Following a blocked bid to renew debates on the the 64-year-old retirement age, French leftist coalition Nupes announces the tabling of a no confidence vote against the government. IMAGES
"Once again, we decide to trample parliamentary democracy," says France Unbowed MP David Guiraud after he left the hemicycle, as the National Assembly largely rejected a new request for a vote of no confidence filed by France Unbowed party (LFI) against the government, meaning the government's entire draft budget for 2023 is passed without a vote, and moves through to the Senate. SOUNDBITE
British Prime minister Boris Johnson's motorcade arrives at Westminster where he is facing British MPs for the first time since his party's no-confidence vote on Monday. IMAGES
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