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French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne survived her first no-confidence vote in Parliament on Monday, sponsored by the far-left opposition.
The motion, which would have required 289 votes in favor to pass, was supported by just 146 of the 577 MPs in the National Assembly after nearly three hours of debate.
The France Unbowed (LFI) party had tabled the motion against Borne, who leads a minority government, but seemed safe when other opposition parties ruled out supporting the initiative ahead of the vote.
During the debate, the Prime Minister accused the LFI of distracting parliamentary time from important issues.
“Ladies and gentlemen, today we could work for the benefit of the French people,” Borne told parliament before the vote.
“Instead, we are debating a no-confidence vote based on my alleged intentions and standing in the way of parliamentary work and thus the desire of the French people,” she said.
Borne was appointed by President Emmanuel Macron in May, a month before general elections in which the ruling center party lost its majority.
“We will never accept anyone in power in this country whose only legitimacy is that they were nominated by the President,” senior LFI MP Alexis Corbiere told Public Senate on Monday.
“This is the moment of truth,” added the party’s faction leader, Mathilde Panot.
The point of the vote is “political clarification” as those who did not vote in favor would be identified as “supporters of government policy,” she added.
Borne, 61, has made it clear she intends to rely on the votes of opposition parties to pass legislation, with the right-wing Republican party seen as vital to her future.
The support of the 62 Republicans would be enough for the government to pass legislation in the lifetime of this House.
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