French PM survives 1st no-confidence vote in parliament

The new French prime minister and his cunning survival strategy
His predecessor was thrown out of office after a very short time. So France's new prime minister, Francois Bayrou, is trying another kind of balancing act to make sure the country's government doesn’t collapse again.
French PM expected to survive latest no-confidence vote
PARIS - French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou was set to survive on Thursday a vote of no-confidence called by the hard left after the centre-left Socialist Party said it would not back the motion. Read more at straitstimes.
French PM survives first no-confidence vote in parliament
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Thursday survived his first vote of no confidence in parliament after the motion, brought by the leftist opposition, failed to gain traction on the far right.
French Socialists will not back no-confidence vote against Bayrou's government
The French centre-left Socialist party will not back a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Francois Bayrou's government, Le Figaro reported on Thursday, citing an intra-party meeting.
France: government survives no-confidence vote
Both the far-right National Rally and center-left Socialist Party declined to back a no-confidence vote in new French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou. But France's parliament remains bitterly divided.
New French Prime Minister François Bayrou survives no-confidence vote
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou sits on the ministers bench after delivering his general policy speech, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025 at the National Assembly in Paris
Key quotes from French Prime Minister Bayrou's parliamentary address
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Tuesday told lawmakers that France was drowning in debt, but pledged to listen to ideas to renegotiate a landmark 2023 pension reform in a bid to win support from the left to pass the 2025 budget.
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French PM Bayrou survives no-confidence vote
PARIS - French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou passed the first test of his new minority government on Thursday as he survived ...
France's new PM faces first big test as he puts forward key budget plans
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