Will France’s new government survive the no-confidence vote?

France’s Prime Minister is to face a vote of no confidence on October 16, 2025 after the left and far-right announced it would test the current government. Socialists are momentarily backing Sebastien Lecornu following changes to pension plans, but a number of them have said they will still vote for the motion of no confidence citing austerity measures that remain in his budget proposal for 2026. James Vasina, Florent Marchais and our colleagues at France 2 have more on the story.