In a surprising turn of events, the Socialist Party announced they will not support the no-confidence motion put forward by the other left-wing parties in their coalition
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00:00Recently appointed French Prime Minister François Bayrou and his new government live to see another day.
00:06François Bayrou passed his first big test on Thursday after his minority government survived a no confidence vote in parliament
00:14after the far right as well as the center left socialist party refused to support the motion that was backed by the rest of the left wing coalition.
00:25To appeal to the socialist, Bayrou for example promised to open talks to renegotiate French President Emmanuel Macron's highly unpopular pension reform.
00:36But the next few weeks will be complicated for the new prime minister as he now faces the challenge of passing the country's long overdue budget plan for this year.
00:47As a reminder his predecessor Michel Barnier was toppled back in December after he tried to pass the country's 2025 social security budget plan without a vote in parliament
01:00which led to the far right and left wing MPs to file a successful no confidence motion.