Author: Aurelien Breeden and Catherine Porter
Published on: 05/02/2025 | 00:00:00
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French Government Survives No-Confidence Vote The vote clears the way for final approval of France’s 2025 budget, easing concerns about the country’s political turmoil — but not ending them. Feb. 5, 2025Updated 3:35 p.m. ET Want to stay updated on what’s happening in France and Ukraine? We’ll send our latest coverage to your inbox. The no-confidence motion was supported by only 128 lawmakers in the 577-seat National Assembly the vote and the new budget will for now give one of Europe’s leading economies a semblance of stability. Mr. Bayrou, a centrist ally of President Emmanuel Macron, was appointed just over a month ago. He is the fourth prime minister in a year, unusual for France. Barnier’s actively courting and negotiating with the Socialist Party. He has also benefited from the temporary benevolence of National Rally. Both parties denounced the budget as bad, but both argued that a bad budget was better than no budget at all. The Socialist Party’s future no-confidence motion is expected to fail as well because it is unlikely to receive support on the right and the far right. But it underscores the fact that the success of Mr. Bayrou’s government on Wednesday was fragile. It must still navigate a fractured political landscape where both the left-wing alliance and the National Rally can pull the trigger. The government aims to rein in the public deficit to 5.4 percent of gross domestic product in 2025, down from 6.1 percent in 2024. The new budget also includes increased taxes on plane tickets, a special one-year tax on maritime shipping companies and cuts to several government budgets. Government websites have been taken down, as federal agencies rush to heed Trump’s orders targeting diversity initiatives and “gender ideology” .
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