French PM Sébastien Lecornu survives no-confidence votes | BBC News

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has survived two no-confidence votes, after his pledge to suspend pension reform wins him the support of left-wing MPs.

He narrowly won the first motion by 18 votes and survived the second, brought by the far right, by a larger margin.

Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Rally previously said "this isn't a political crisis, it's a crisis of politicians”.

Lecornu only became PM in September.

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Post from BBC News on October 16, 2025