French Prime Minister François Bayrou secured an important political win on Thursday, convincing the opposition Socialist Party not to censure his government just hours before lawmakers were scheduled to vote on a no-confidence motion.
Bayrou sealed the deal with the Socialists by sending a letter to their leadership at the last minute, doubling down on his pledge to open a new round of negotiations on a contentious 2023 law that raised the retirement age.
The prime minister also confirmed he would go along with some of the center-left party’s other demands, including halting job cuts in public education that had been proposed by the previous government.
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French Prime Minister François Bayrou survived his first major test in the National Assembly on Thursday after Socialist lawmakers and the far-right National Rally both said they would not support a no-confidence motion put forward by hard-left party La France insoumise (France Unbowed).
ReplyDeleteThe French National Assembly voted against a motion of no confidence in the government. The resolution was supported by 131 deputies, with 289 required for approval.
ReplyDeleteTo pass it, the support of at least 288 of the 577 deputies of the National Assembly was required, and only 131 voted in favor. The initiator was the radical left party “Unconquered France” (LFI), which was later joined by the Greens and Communists.
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