French PM gambles on crucial social security vote


France's Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu speaks to the press following a meeting with MPs members of defence commissions, in Paris, France December 1, 2025. JULIEN DE ROSA/Pool via REUTERS

PARIS, Dec 9 (Reuters) - France's social security budget faced a knife-edge vote on Tuesday that could trigger a fresh political crisis and leave a 30-billion-euro ($35 billion) hole in funding for healthcare, pensions and welfare.

Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has no majority in parliament and his scramble to win Socialist support - including suspending President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform - has alienated centrist and conservative allies, leaving the bill's fate uncertain.

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