TMI BlogFrance's government survives no-confidence vote, budget is finally adoptedX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... France's government survives no-confidence vote, budget is finally adopted X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... iament, and the state budget for 2025 is finally adopted. Prime Minister François Bayrou had used special constitutional powers to get the budget bill approved without a vote by lawmakers, which trig ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... gered the no-confidence motion. Only 128 lawmakers approved the motion, far from the 289 votes needed. Bayrou, a veteran centrist, was appointed in December amid a chaotic political crisis prompted ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... by budget disputes that led to the collapse of his predecessor's government. (AP) GSP X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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