The initiative of the left-wing party "Unbreakable France" to express no confidence in French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou did not receive enough votes, BFM TV reported: "The necessary majority was not obtained.
The vote of no confidence is not accepted," said Yael Bron Pive, the President of the National Assembly. 289 votes were needed to express a vote of no confidence, while only 131 MPs voted in favor of the "Unbroken France" initiative. Thus, Bayrou's cabinet remains in power. On January 14, "Unbreakable France" announced in the National Assembly that it intends to get the deputies to express a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Francois Bayrou.
Before those announcements, Bairu made a speech before the National Assembly deputies, announcing that the government will review the pension reform, which provides for an increase in the retirement age from 62 to 64. The prime minister noted that if the commission dealing with pension issues does not reach an agreement by the fall, then the pension reform will remain in effect in its current form.
