Legislators in the National Assembly will vote on no-confidence motions filed by President Emmanuel Macron's fiercest opponents — the hard-left France Unbowed party and Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Rally and her allies in Parliament.

Ad Policy French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and President Emmanuel Macron, stand at attention during an August 17, 2025, ceremony in southeastern France marking the 81st ann

France’s second Lecornu government has survived its first parliamentary no confidence vote. The price is the suspension of President Macron’s only major reform of his 8 year presidency: the 2023 pension age increase to 64.

The president dissolved parliament last year in an attempt to bring "clarity" to France's divided National Assembly. French President Emmanuel Macron is confronting another massive political headache following the shock resignation of his Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu — after just 27 days in office.

President Emmanuel Macron has been forced to shelve the only major economic reform of his second term - a totemic pension overhaul.

France’s newly reappointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu named a new government Sunday, as he faces pressure to urgently produce a budget and quell political turmoil that is scaring businesses and staining the country’s image.

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigned Monday just hours after he unveiled his new cabinet, in a shock move that plunged the country further into political crisis.

France, whose public finances have become unsustainable and whose politics have become dysfunctional, could pose an existential threat to the euro.