Paris: Prime Minister of France Elizabeth Bourne Parliament survived its first no-confidence vote on Monday, which was sponsored by the hard-left opposition.
The resolution, which would have required 289 yes-votes to pass, had the support of only 146 members. National AssemblyAfter nearly three hours of debate, 577 dept.
The France Unboyed (LFI) party moved the resolution against Bourne, who leads a minority government, but appeared to be out of danger when other opposition parties refused to support the initiative even before the vote.
During the debate, the Prime Minister accused the LFI of diverting parliamentary time from important subjects.
“Ladies and gentlemen, today we can work for the good of the French people,” Bourne told parliament ahead of the vote.
“Instead, we are debating a no-confidence vote that is based on my stated intentions, and which gets in the way of the work of Parliament and therefore the will of the French people,” she said.
Bourne was appointed by the President Emmanuel Macron In May, a month before parliamentary elections in which the ruling centrist party lost its majority.
“We will never accept anyone in power in this country, because their only legitimacy is that they were named by the president,” senior LFI lawmaker Alexis Corbier told the Public Senate channel on Monday.
“This is a moment of truth,” said Mathilde Panot, leader of the party’s parliamentary group.
He said the issue of the vote was a “political explanation” as those who did not vote in favour would be identified as “in favor of government policies”.
Bourne, 61, has made it clear she wants to rely on the votes of opposition parties to pass legislation the right-wing Republican Party sees as crucial to her future.
The support of 62 Republican lawmakers would be enough for the government to pass legislation during the lifetime of this parliament.
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