French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has survived his first no-confidence votes in France’s National Assembly.
The first no-confidence vote which would have needed to win the support of 289 of the 577 MPs in parliament to bring down the PM could only garner 271 votes.
Another vote took place after Marine Le Pen’s National Rally lodged a motion, but it also failed to succeed as left-wing French MPs don’t want to be seen voting with the far right.
Despite his survival, Lecornu still has no majority in parliament, which could pose a challenge despite having the socialists on board as a result of two big concessions on pension reform and a promise not to push through other changes without a vote.
Sebastien Lecornu’s next challenge would be for the government to pass a budget.
