"French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu survived the first of two no-confidence votes in parliament on Thursday, after promising to suspend President Emmanuel Macron's disputed pension reform. The 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 far-right National Rally and thought less likely to pass, also failed."
"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 the first of two no-confidence votes by promising to suspend President Emmanuel Macron's contested pension reform. The hard-left LFI motion secured 271 votes, below the 289 required, and a second motion from the far-right National Rally also failed. Lecornu’s pledge to delay the reform until after the 2027 presidential election won Socialist support and gave Macron's centrist alliance a slim lifeline. The outcome underscores the administration's fragility amid a fragmented National Assembly, upcoming debates on an austerity budget, planned union protests, and high public debt under EU fiscal scrutiny.
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