French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survived two no-confidence votes in Parliament on Thursday, thanks to crucial backing from the Socialist Party after he pledged to suspend the controversial pension reform championed by President Emmanuel Macron.

A motion filed by the hard-left France Unbowed party received 271 votes, while another from the far-right National Rally secured 144—both falling well short of the 289 votes required to topple Lecornu’s government, according to Reuters.

The votes came just days after Lecornu’s new government presented its 2026 budget plan, amid mounting political tensions within the French legislature.