On February 5, French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou survived a vote of no confidence in the National Assembly, after the far-right National Rally (RN) party and the center-left Socialist Party did not support the motion.
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| French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou at the National Assembly on February 6. (Source: Sipa) |
Reuters news agency reported that only 128 lawmakers voted in favor of the motion, much lower than the 289 votes needed.
Far-left lawmakers have filed a motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Bayrou after the French prime minister invoked special constitutional powers on February 4 to pass the 2025 budget bill without a vote in parliament.
With Prime Minister Bayrou surviving a vote of no confidence, the budget bill he pushed through has been formally approved, according to the Constitution.
The French government is under pressure from the European Commission to control its budget deficit and rising public debt. Prime Minister Bayrou stressed that the budget would help limit the deficit to 5.4% of GDP, although this figure is still higher than most countries in the Eurozone.
Efforts to rein in the budget deficit have been at the heart of France's political crisis and were the issue that led to the resignation of Mr Bayrou's predecessor, Michel Barnier.
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