{"id":232558,"date":"2025-02-05T18:22:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T18:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/french-government-survives-no-confidence-vote\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T18:22:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T18:22:05","slug":"french-government-survives-no-confidence-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/french-government-survives-no-confidence-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"French Government Survives No-Confidence Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"
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France\u2019s government lived to see another day on Wednesday, after it survived a no-confidence vote in Parliament and gave the recently appointed prime minister a temporary reprieve from months of political turmoil and the country a promise of stability, at least in the short term.<\/p>\n

The no-confidence motion was supported by only 128 lawmakers in the 577-seat National Assembly, France\u2019s lower house, short of the absolute majority required. Had it passed, the motion would have forced the centrist prime minister, Fran\u00e7ois Bayrou, and his cabinet to resign.<\/p>\n

The motion\u2019s failure ensures safe passage of a 2025 budget bill that France needs badly \u2014 it has been operating with temporary stopgap funding since the start of the year \u2014 and that the government hopes will rein in the country\u2019s surging debt and deficit<\/a>, with a goal of generating 50 billion euros in savings through tax increases and spending cuts.<\/p>\n

The budget bill now goes to the Senate for final approval on Thursday. Mr. Bayrou is pushing through other bills that govern spending on health care and other social security expenses, exposing his government to new no-confidence motions, but he is expected to survive those as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n