French Parliament Rejects Motion of No-Confidence in Government
- Opposition gets 70 votes; 289 were needed to pass the measure
- Far left- and far-right parties said the vote was needed
Emmanuel Macron
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The French parliament overwhelmingly rejected a motion of no-confidence in President Emmanuel Macron’s government.
The vote came following several weeks of demonstrations and riots by the Yellow Vest movement, which demanded lower taxes, more services and the resignation of Macron. Only 70 lawmakers voted for the measure; Macron’s Republic on the Move party has 309 out of 577 legislators in the lower house.