Launched as a rebuke of ministers over budget cuts without parliamentary debate, no-confidence votes by LFI and RN require a 289-strong majority to unseat Prime Minister Gabriel Attal. The timing coincides with the 80th anniversary of World War II D-Day landings, potentially overshadowing election campaigning.
Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne previously survived over 20 such no-confidence votes in the French parliament. Attal accused opposition politicians of 'looking to cause disorder' and faces embarrassment as his centrist Renaissance party polls at 16%, behind the far-right RN at 32%.
RN lead candidate Bardella urged voters 'not to be spectators of (France's) decline' in a rally that drew 5,000 participants. The 28-year-old's challenge to Attal, 35, represents a generational battle in French politics, with Attal confident in his party's odds to prevail.
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