"Sebastien Lecornu, a key ally of the centrist president, Emmanuel Macron, addressed parliament on Thursday, saying lawmakers must choose to take part in parliamentary debate on next year's budget or sink the government and create political chaos. A total of 271 lawmakers voted for the first no-confidence motion, put forward by the left's La France Insoumise, only 18 votes short of the 289 votes needed to topple the government."
"The government owes its survival to the Socialist party leadership, which held back from joining the LFI vote of no-confidence after Lecornu said he would suspend Macron's landmark pension changes. The move to freeze the changes, which had begun to raise the pension age from 62 to 64 over several years, was a significant concession. Nonetheless, seven lawmakers from the Socialist parliament group broke ranks with the party leadership and voted to bring the government down."
Sebastien Lecornu survived two no-confidence votes shortly after appointment, with 271 votes for the first motion and 144 for the second. The first motion fell 18 votes short of the 289 required to topple the government. The government avoided defeat after the Socialist party leadership withheld support for La France Insoumise’s motion following Lecornu’s pledge to suspend planned pension reforms that would have raised the retirement age from 62 to 64. Seven Socialist lawmakers nonetheless voted against the leadership. Lecornu must now secure parliamentary approval for the 2026 budget for France before 31 December amid a bitterly divided lower house.
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