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French government to face vote of no confidence over heat wave
https://www.eenews.net/articles/french-government-to-face-vote-of-no-confidence-over-heat-wave/By Victor Goury-Laffont | 07/01/2026 06:00 AM EDT
The Greens say the government bears responsibility for excess deaths during France’s record heat wave.
The French Green party announced Tuesday it would put forward a motion of no confidence against the government over its handling of last week’s record-breaking heat wave.
The bid to take down Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu’s minority government is unlikely to succeed without support from other opposition parties, such as the far-right National Rally or the more centrist-leaning Socialists. The Socialists have not supported any of the six no-confidence motions leveled against Lecornu since he became prime minister last year.
But the prime minister and his team have been the subject of intense criticism over preparedness for heat so extreme that mainland France recorded its highest average daily temperature ever for three consecutive days. Temperatures exceeded 40 degrees Celsius several times in major cities, and the country is not particularly well-equipped when it comes to air conditioning or other cooling systems.
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The Greens say the government bears responsibility for excess deaths during France’s record heat wave.
The French Green party announced Tuesday it would put forward a motion of no confidence against the government over its handling of last week’s record-breaking heat wave.
The bid to take down Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu’s minority government is unlikely to succeed without support from other opposition parties, such as the far-right National Rally or the more centrist-leaning Socialists. The Socialists have not supported any of the six no-confidence motions leveled against Lecornu since he became prime minister last year.
But the prime minister and his team have been the subject of intense criticism over preparedness for heat so extreme that mainland France recorded its highest average daily temperature ever for three consecutive days. Temperatures exceeded 40 degrees Celsius several times in major cities, and the country is not particularly well-equipped when it comes to air conditioning or other cooling systems.
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