US EditionEmbattled French PM Sébastien Lecornu survives no-confidence vote in Parliament
Lecornu's suspension of the pension reform won crucial Socialist support, helping him survive two no-confidence votes by a margin of 18 votes in a deeply divided National Assembly.
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This Thursday's session in the French National Assembly went from one of the most serious moments of the legislature to a procedure with a certain suspension. The day was marked in red. It was the morning when it would be seen if the newly formed government survived by overcoming two motions of censorship, those presented by the leftist formation La Francia Insumisa (LFI) of Jean-Luc Mélenchon and by the ultra National Regrouping (RN) of Marine …
French Prime Minister Survives 2 No-Confidence Votes
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survived a duo of parliamentary no-confidence votes in parliament on Thursday, amid an ongoing political crisis in the country. Lecornu survived the votes, known as motions of censure, thanks to backing from the Socialist Party due to his promise to suspend President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms until after the 2027 presidential election. The two motions were brought by both the leftist faction La Fra…
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecorny survived two no-confidence votes today, which could have brought down his fragile new government and plunged France deeper into political chaos.
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