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French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu narrowly survives two no-confidence votes, offering a brief pause to weeks of political turmoil.

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00:00French Prime Minister Sébastien Le Corneau has survived two no-confident votes,
00:05giving France a brief respite from weeks of political turmoil.
00:10He narrowly survived the first motion by just 18 votes,
00:14before defeating a second challenge from the far-right national rally with a wider margin.
00:19The first motion, filed by the far-left France Unbowed Party, received 271 votes,
00:26short of the 289 needed to topple the government.
00:29The second, led by Marie Le Pen's national rally, gained 144 votes.
00:34Appointed in September, Le Corneau had briefly resigned earlier this month, before being reappointed.
00:41His move to suspend a controversial pension reform helped win over some socialist lawmakers,
00:48securing a temporary lifeline for his fragile government.
00:51But the reprieve may be short-lived, as he now faces the uphill task of passing a budget
00:58through a deeply divided lower house.
01:01This time...
01:01...ne vrais了...
01:02...ne vraisemblable à aucune autre...
01:02...dans l'histoire de la Ve République...
01:04...elles ici fragmented...
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