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Posted on January 14, 2026
1 min readLast updated: January 19, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleThe French government survived a no-confidence vote over the EU-Mercosur trade deal, with 256 MPs backing the motion, short of the 288 needed.
PARIS, Jan 14 (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's government survived a first vote of no confidence in parliament on Wednesday that had been called in protest against a sweeping trade deal agreed between the EU and the South American Mercosur bloc.
The motion, filed by the hard-left France Unbowed party (LFI), was backed by 256 members of parliament. 288 votes were needed for the motion to pass.
A second no confidence motion, filed by the far-right National Rally (RN) on the same grounds, will be voted on shortly.
(Reporting by Benoit Van Overstraeten; Editing by Inti Landauro)
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