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French PM Bayrou survives third no-confidence vote after 2025 budget rift

French Prime Minister François Bayrou survived his third no-confidence vote in less than one month this Wednesday. 

The vote came after the recently appointed head of government used a controversial constitutional tool known as Article 49.3 to push through the country’s long-overdue 2025 budget plan through parliament without a vote from the MPs on Monday. 

In turn, this opened his government to the risk of a no-confidence motion 48 hours later, which was backed by the hard-left France Unbowed Party (LFI), the Greens, and the Communists (all part of the left-wing coalition NFP). 

Surviving the vote means the budget plan is automatically adopted. The contentious bill aimed to cut an eye-watering €30bn and raise taxes by €20bn to limit France’s deficit to 5.4% of GDP this year.

A total of 288 votes were needed to successfully topple Bayrou’s government and strike down the budget. 

On Wednesday night, 128 votes were counted. The Socialists (also part of the left-wing coalition) and the far-right decided not to support the motion this time. 

A second confidence vote tabled by LFI, this time on the Social Security budget bill, was debated later on Wednesday night but once again did not achieve the votes necessary.

But just like the previous no-confidence, it's unlikely to succeed in toppling Bayrou's government.

The move has created a major rift within the NFP with the France Unbowed party accusing the Socialists of betraying the left. 

"I think it's irresponsible. I think it's uncharacteristic of a left-wing coalition. I will remind you that it's the Socialist MPs who are isolating themselves from the rest of us with their choice," said Sarah Legrain, a France Unbowed MP, in an interview with Euronews.

The Socialists claim to

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