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January 15, 2026 6:12 PM

French government survives no-confidence votes, now faces another budget battle

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu survived two no-confidence votes in parliament on Wednesday, clearing the way for the government to focus on yet another budget showdown in the coming days. The no-confidence motions, filed by the far-right National Rally (RN) and hard-left France Unbowed (LFI), aimed to protest the European Union's trade agreement with the Mercosur bloc. Despite French opposition, EU member states last week approved the signing of the long-debated deal with Argentina, B...

January 14, 2026 6:04 PM

No-confidence votes test French government as another budget battle looms

The French government faces two no-confidence votes on Wednesday that are not expected to pass, which would clear the way for the government to focus on yet another budget showdown in the coming days. The no-confidence motions, filed by the far-right National Rally (RN) and hard-left France Unbowed (LFI), aim to protest the European Union's trade agreement with the Mercosur bloc. Despite French opposition, EU member states last week approved the signing of the long-debated deal with Argentina,...

October 16, 2025 5:46 PM

French PM survives no-confidence votes after making pension concession

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu survived two no-confidence votes in parliament on Thursday, winning crucial backing from the Socialist Party thanks to his pledge to suspend President Emmanuel Macron’s contested pension reform. The two motions presented by the hard-left France Unbowed and the far-right National Rally (RN) secured just 271 and 144 votes respectively - well short of the 289 votes needed to bring down Lecornu's days-old government. Lecornu's offer to mothball the pension...

September 1, 2025 4:49 PM

French PM starts talks with opposition, seeking to avert government collapse

Prime Minister Francois Bayrou will kick off a series of talks with France's political parties on Monday, seeking to avert the collapse of his government in a confidence vote next week that opposition leaders said is bound to fail. Opposition parties have said they will bring down the minority government in the September 8 vote, which Bayrou unexpectedly announced last week as he seeks to push through unpopular plans for a budget squeeze in 2026. French stock and bond markets fell sharply last...