{"id":203963,"date":"2025-10-16T10:21:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T10:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/203963\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T10:21:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T10:21:08","slug":"french-pm-sebastien-lecornu-survives-two-no-confidence-votes-by-mps-live-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/203963\/","title":{"rendered":"French PM S\u00e9bastien Lecornu survives two no-confidence votes by MPs- live updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

What\u2019s going to happen? Two votes to decide fate of governmentpublished at 08:57 BST<\/p>\n

08:57 BST<\/p>\n

\"\"Paul Kirby
Europe digital editor<\/p>\n

There will be two confidence votes in France\u2019s new prime minister, S\u00e9bastien Lecornu, in the National Assembly – but only one has a chance of success.<\/p>\n

One motion lodged by Marine Le Pen\u2019s National Rally will fail because most French MPs don\u2019t want to be seen voting with the far right.<\/p>\n

But the other vote will be far tighter.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a motion proposed by the radical-left France Unbowed party (La France Insoumise or LFI in French) which several opposition parties, including Le Pen\u2019s party will line up behind.<\/p>\n

If it\u2019s to succeed in bringing down Lecornu\u2019s fledgling government it will need to attract 289 votes to win a simple majority.<\/p>\n

So it\u2019s all about numbers and most estimates give the anti-Lecornu camp up to 282 votes, but nothing is really certain until the votes are counted.<\/p>\n

LFI, the Communists, Greens and National Rally and its allies add up to 265. But then there are several MPs from other parties that will join them – from the Socialists, Liot, the Independents and maybe some conservative Republicans too. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s really too tight for Lecornu to be sure of survival until the votes are in.<\/p>\n

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