00:00MPs in the French National Assembly rejected two no-confidence votes on Friday that could
00:07have brought down the government.
00:09It comes after Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu used a constitutional tool to push through
00:15the first part of a finance bill without a vote by lawmakers.
00:19Opposition parties chose to counter-attack by tabling two separate motions of no-confidence.
00:25Lecornu insisted that using Article 49.3 of the Constitution must only be used in exceptional circumstances.
00:33Je n'ai pas engagé la responsabilité du gouvernement pour contourner les institutions de la Ve République.
00:38Je l'ai au contraire fait pour les protéger.
00:40Mais aucune institution, aussi solide soit-elle, ne peut fonctionner durablement si celles et ceux qui l'incarnent
00:48renoncent à leur propre responsabilité.
00:51Les recours à l'article 49.3 ne pourront plus être utilisés demain comme avant.
00:56Ils ne pourront plus être un réflexe.
00:59The motion of no-confidence coming from the France Unbound Party and supported by its
01:04environmentalist and communist partners received only 269 votes.
01:10The second one, brought by the far-right National Rally and its ally, the UD Air Group, received
01:16142 votes, both needed 288 votes to pass.
01:25Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada
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