French PM Valls sees off revolt to win confidence vote


  • World
  • Wednesday, 17 Sep 2014

PARIS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Manuel Valls headed off a backbench revolt against his government on Tuesday, winning a confidence vote after promising to preserve France's social model while pushing pro-business reforms intended to boost economic growth.

The centrist leader had demanded the parliamentary vote in an attempt to end weeks of speculation about the stability of his reshuffled government, which he and President Francois Hollande purged of three rebel leftist ministers last month.

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