French government to face no-confidence vote over handling of deadly heatwave

France's Green Party has launched a no-confidence motion against Sébastien Lecornu's government over its handling of a late-June heatwave. According to the country's public health agency, the heat event caused at least one thousand excess deaths. The motion signals mounting political pressure over the government's disaster response.

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