PARIS (AP) — France’s latest political crisis eased — for now — when Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survived two consecutive no-confidence votes on Thursday, averting another government collapse and giving President Emmanuel Macron a respite before an even tougher fight over the national budget.

The immediate danger may have receded but the core problem is still very much center stage: The eurozone’s second-largest economy is still run by a minority government in a hung parliament. Every major law now turns on last-minute deals, and the next test is a spending plan that must pass before the end of the year.

The drama in parliament

On Thursday, lawmakers in the 577-seat National Assembly rejected a no-confidence motion filed by the hard-left France Unbowed party. The 271 votes were 18

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