"French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu survived two no-confidence votes in parliament on Thursday, after promising to suspend President Emmanuel Macron's disputed pension reform. The first motion, filed by the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) party, gained 271 votes, falling short of the 289 needed to topple Lecornu's week-old government. A second motion, brought by the Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally and thought less likely to pass, also failed. How unstable is the French government?"
"Lecornu's offer to freeze the pension reform until after the 2027 presidential election swayed the Socialists, providing Macron's centrist alliance with a narrow lifeline in the deeply divided National Assembly. While the result spares the government immediate collapse, it highlights the fragility of Macron's administration midway through his final term, as opposition parties on both the left and right continue to test its parliamentary survival."
Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu survived two no-confidence votes after offering to suspend President Macron's disputed pension reform. The first motion from hard-left France Unbowed gained 271 votes, below the 289 threshold, and a second motion by the far-right National Rally also failed. The offered freeze until after the 2027 presidential election convinced the Socialists and gave Macron's centrist alliance a narrow lifeline in a deeply divided National Assembly. The outcome prevents immediate collapse but underscores governmental fragility as opposition parties continue to test parliamentary survival. Lawmakers must now debate a new austerity budget criticized by unions, and the General Confederation of Labor has called protests for November 6. France's debt stands at 114% of GDP, and the budget deficit was 5.8% last year with a pledge to reduce it to 4.7% in 2025 under an EU deficit procedure.
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