"[The National Assembly's Bureau] declares that by 13 votes to eight the proposed resolution is inadmissible," the official statement at the National Assembly's website said.
Under the existing rules, a president can be removed from office only by a two-thirds majority of both chambers of the parliament. Since Hollande's Socialist Party controls 51 percent of the National Assembly seats, and 37 percent of the Senate, the initiative failed to get the required number of votes.
The resolution was triggered by the release in October of a controversial book "A President Should Not Say That: Secrets of Five Years in Office," which records dozens of Hollande's private conversations with journalists including the president's comments on the French airstrikes in Syria and his admission that he personally ordered the assassination of enemies of the state.
The Bureau of the National Assembly is a special body comprising six vice-presidents, three quaestors, and twelve secretaries, elected at the beginning of each year. The Bureau is responsible for organizing the assembly’s workload and agenda, as well as for managing its day-to-day operations.
