French government survives no-confidence vote over heatwave handling
The motion won 132 votes, far short of the 289 needed, as firefighters battled a wildfire that forced 10,000 evacuations.
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French government survives no-confidence vote over heatwave response
The French government led by Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu survived a no-confidence vote on Monday after deputies in the National Assembly rejected a motion criticizing its handling of the June heatwave.The motion, tabled on July 2 by Green Party
The Greens, supported by the Insoumis, tabled a motion of censure against the government, which they accused of not acting sufficiently to deal with climate change. The motion was not finally adopted by the National Assembly, with only 132 votes in its favour. PS boss Olivier Faure voted in favour, down from the majority of his group. - Heat: the motion of censure of the Greens and LFI rejected (Policy).
(Paris=Yonhap News) Correspondent Song Jin-won = The opposition party in France proposed a motion of no confidence against the government, citing its failure to properly implement measures against the heatwave, but it was rejected in the National Assembly.
The text drafted by the Greens and co-signed with LFI MPs to denounce the government's "inaction" in the face of global warming got only 132 votes out of the 289 needed to overthrow the government. Socialists divided on the subject.
A total of 132 MPs supported this motion, which is not enough to reach the 289-vote majority necessary to bring down the government.
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