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Bayrou's budget proposal aims to cut €43.8 billion in spending amid low approval ratings and public desire for snap elections, highlighting deep political divisions in France.
- French Prime Minister François Bayrou called a confidence vote scheduled for September 8 at the National Assembly amid political crisis in France.
- Bayrou initiated the vote after months of deadlock over a €43.8 billion budget proposal aiming to cut spending, which opposition factions rejected.
- Bayrou expressed doubt that snap elections would restore stability, citing a long absence of majority and condemning an alliance of left and far-right opposition.
- He pledged to negotiate budget savings while warning ‘‘An immediate danger hangs over us…Without delay’’, with Macron offering his full support amid polls favoring a new election.
- If Bayrou loses, he must resign, which risks prolonged political and economic instability, with Macron possibly calling early elections or appointing a new premier.
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French prime minister warns against snap polls to end political crisis
PARIS: French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Wednesday warned that snap legislative polls would not help restore stability in his country, after calling a parliamentary confidence vote in less than two weeks that he is widely expected to lose. Bayrou’s surprise gambit to hold the confidence vote on September 8 has raised fears that France risks entering a period of
French PM warns against snap polls to end political crisis
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Wednesday warned that snap legislative polls would not help restore stability in his country, after calling a parliamentary confidence vote in less then two weeks that he is widely expected to lose.
Invited this Wednesday evening of TF1's "20 hours", the Prime Minister expressed his disagreement with his predecessor in Matignon, who believes that new legislation will become "quite inevitable" if the situation comes to a standstill.
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DailyTruthReportMacron backs Prime Minister François Bayrou ahead of critical confidence vote
French President Emmanuel Macron threw his weight behind the country’s prime minister, François Bayrou, who is facing a confidence vote against his government that he instigated. Bayrou, facing widespread pushback against budget reforms that he said are vital to France’s financial future, said on Monday that he will call a vote of confidence for his government on Sept. 8 at the National Assembly. He told opposition factions on Tuesday that they …
François Bayrou refused to give up and tried on Tuesday to convince the Socialists to give him confidence on 8 September. But the quasi-certainty of a negative vote in the Assembly already launched the...
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