French PM Sébastien Lecornu survives no-confidence vote in Parliament

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu narrowly survived the riskiest of two votes of no-confidence, by 18 votes. His survival is largely due to the Socialist Party’s decision to temporarily support the government after Lecornu promised to suspend France’s controversial 2022 pension reform. FRANCE 24’s Antonia Kerrigan tells us more from the French National Assembly.

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