Politics France's government survives another vote of no confidence
France's new centre-right government has survived a second attempt by the left-wing opposition to topple it within three weeks. A motion of no confidence by the left-wing party La France Insoumise failed to gain a majority in the National Assembly. As expected, the Socialists and the right-wing Nationalists did not vote against Prime Minister François Bayrou's minority government.
05.02.2025, 19:58
SDA
After Bayrou had twice resorted to a special article of the constitution to get bills through the National Assembly without a vote in the dispute over the budget on Monday, the left-wingers tabled two motions of censure. After the first failed vote, a second vote was therefore scheduled for the evening, which in all likelihood will not find a majority either.
In December, France's left-wing camp, together with Marine Le Pen's right-wing nationalists, brought down the then minority government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier with a vote of no confidence in the dispute over the budget.
The left-wing party then tabled a motion of no confidence in the new government, which was formed shortly before Christmas, immediately after Bayrou's first government statement. But even in this vote in mid-January, most socialist MPs did not withdraw their confidence in the government, nor did Le Pen's right-wing nationalists.
