French Prime Minister Avoids First Vote of No Confidence
According to the English section of webangah News agency, citing Mehr News Agency and Reuters, France’s Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu escaped the first parliamentary no-confidence vote after promising to suspend President Emmanuel macron’s controversial pension reform that raises the retirement age.
The Prime Minister, who recently resigned and was reappointed to his position, is facing two no-confidence motions from left-wing party La France Insoumise and far-right party Rassemblement National.
The first motion received 271 votes in favor, falling short of the 289 votes needed to bring down Lecornu’s newly formed government.
A second motion is scheduled for a vote later today but is also unlikely to pass. Although these two parties alone lack the numbers to topple Lecornu’s administration, their efforts could gain momentum if joined by the Socialist Party-which opposes the pension law-posing a serious challenge for the prime Minister.
Lecornu’s proposal to delay implementing the pension age increase-from 62 to 64-until after France’s 2027 presidential election has influenced some Socialists and temporarily opened limited space in an or else deeply divided National Assembly for Macron’s centrist coalition.
While this vote spared the government from immediate collapse, it highlights President Macron’s fragile position during his final term as opposition parties on both sides continue contesting its parliamentary survival.