French budget approved after François Bayrou survives censure

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French Prime Minister François Bayrou survived a no-confidence vote in the National Assembly on Wednesday and pushed through a delayed 2025 budget aimed at taming the country’s deficits.

The vote was triggered by Bayrou’s move on Monday to use a constitutional clause to ram the budget through parliament — an unavoidable gambit since he has no majority and French…