French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou survived a no-confidence vote in parliament.
The Socialist Party submitted a no-confidence motion against Bayrou's government after talks on pension reform collapsed.
The motion received only 189 votes out of the 289 required to bring down the government.
The left supported the motion, but the move was not supported by the far-right National Rally party, led by Marine Le Pen.
French President Emmanuel Macron appointed Bayrou as Prime Minister last December, with the primary task of ensuring stability after the months of chaos following last summer's legislative elections.
If Bayrou is removed by a no-confidence vote, President Macron will be forced to find a seventh Prime Minister during his presidency, casting a heavy shadow over the remaining two years of his second term.
