French Socialists won't vote with Mercosur no-confidence motions

Olivier Faure, member of parliament and First Secretary of the French Socialist Party, attends a parliamentary debate at the National Assembly in Paris, France, November 12, 2025. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

PARIS, Jan 11 (Reuters) - The French Socialist ‌party will not vote in favour of two no-confidence motions filed by far-right and far-left ‌opposition parties over France's failure to block the EU's Mercosur trade deal, its leader said ‌on Sunday, giving some breathing space to the country's fragile government.

"It would be absurd to censure the government on Mercosur," Olivier Faure told BFM TV. The Mercosur deal- 25 years in the works - is between the EU and the Mercosur group of ‍South American countries.