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  • February 11, 2025 at 12:24 pm #15974

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    French PM François Bayrou survives another no-confidence vote over social security budget

    France’s National Assembly on Monday rejected another no-confidence vote tabled by the left-wing France Unbowed party against the minority government of centrist Prime Minister François Bayrou. Bayrou had used Article 49.3 of the Constitution to pass aspects of the budget by force.

    France’s National Assembly on Monday rejected another no-confidence vote tabled by the left-wing France Unbowed party against the minority government of centrist Prime Minister François Bayrou after Bayrou used the controversial Article 49.3 of the Constitution to pass part of the 2025 social security budget through parliament without a vote.

    The motion received just 115 votes out of the 289 needed to topple the government after the far-right National Rally and the centre-left Socialist Party opted not to support the move. Immediately afterwards, the prime minister invoked article 49.3 again to pass the portion of the bill regarding government expenditure by force, likely inviting another no-confidence vote from the leftist opposition this week.

    The decision of the Socialist Party not to support votes of no-confidence linked to the minority government’s attempts to pass a budget has deepened tensions within the leftist New Popular Front alliance, which won the most seats in last year’s snap elections while falling far short of a majority in the National Assembly.

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