French government survives second no confidence vote

French government survives second no confidence vote
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French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's government survived a second vote of no confidence in the National Assembly on Thursday.

The motion, filed by the far-right National Rally, was backed by 144 members of parliament. 289 votes were needed for the motion to pass.

An earlier no confidence motion filed by the hard-left also failed.

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