France Faces No-Confidence Vote After Deadly Heatwave Sparks Political Backlash
Opposition parties including the Greens, France Unbowed, and the Socialists have filed a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu’s minority government, citing what they describe as inadequate crisis management during June’s extreme heatwave. The motion follows a period of record temperatures that authorities say contributed to more than two thousand excess deaths and has triggered a wider debate over state preparedness for climate-related emergencies.