English-French translations for vote of no confidence

• motion de censure
  Une motion de censure devient dans ces conditions une pure démonstration de force. A vote of no confidence under these circumstances would be no more than an empty political gesture.
  Nous nous opposerons à toute motion de censure du groupe socialiste envers la présidence de la commission des affaires étrangères. Any vote of no confidence in the Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs by the Socialist Group we will oppose.
  Il y a certes lieu de critiquer la façon dont la Commission a géré le problème de la maladie de la vache folle, mais cette critique n'est pas suffisamment grave pour justifier une motion de censure. There are grounds for criticising the Commission's handling of mad cow disease, but the criticism is not so serious as to warrant a vote of no confidence.

Definition of vote of no confidence

• A parliamentary motion representing the lack of confidence of a parliament in the standing government. A passed motion of no confidence usually results in the government's fall

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