Published: 10:30, February 13, 2025
French PM survives 3rd no-confidence vote over social security financing bill
By Xinhua
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou arrives for a dinner at the Elysee Palace, during an event on the sidelines of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, Feb 10, 2025. (PHOTO / AP)

PARIS - French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou survived a third no-confidence vote in the French National Assembly on Wednesday over the 2025 social security financing bill.

According to results announced by National Assembly Speaker Yael Braun-Pivet, 121 out of 577 deputies voted in favor of ousting Bayrou after he activated the special constitutional power of passing a bill without the National Assembly's green light. A no-confidence vote needs at least 289 votes in the National Assembly.

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Now considered adopted by the National Assembly, the bill will be examined by the French Senate, the upper house of the French Parliament.

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According to Le Figaro, the bill includes a 2.6-percent increase in health spending, bringing the total to 264.2 billion euros ($274 billion).

Bayrou was appointed prime minister by French President Emmanuel Macron on Dec 13 after his predecessor Michel Barnier was ousted in a no-confidence vote.