US EditionFrench government risks collapse with budget confidence vote in September
- On September 8, French Prime Minister François Bayrou will seek parliamentary approval in a confidence vote amid significant challenges to his administration.
- Bayrou called for a confidence vote to gain support for his controversial €44 billion austerity plan designed to reduce last year's budget deficit, which reached 5.8% of GDP.
- His proposals, which have provoked opposition and planned protests, include maintaining welfare expenditures and tax brackets at their 2025 values starting in 2026, as well as eliminating two public holidays.
- Bayrou said at a news conference the vote will test lawmakers' recognition of France's fiscal crisis seriousness and their support for his remedy path.
- A loss in the vote would trigger the collapse of Bayrou's minority government and precede nationwide protests scheduled for September 10.
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Left Trade Unions mobilize against the neoliberal course under Prime Minister Bayrou. He has announced that he will put the question of confidence in Parliament.
French political crisis as prime minister calls for confidence vote that could bring down government
France lurched into a political crisis after prime minister Francois Bayrou gambled on a confidence vote, with little hope of any quick solution to fix its ailing public finances, whether a new government or a snap parliamentary election comes next.
The French Prime Minister asked for the confidence he has very little chance of getting. ...
Budget 2026: Taxes, Pensions, debt... Everything About the Bayrou Plan Before the Vote of Confidence
A few days before a decisive vote in the Assembly, François Bayrou presented his budget plan for 2026. Between spending freeze, "white year" for social benefits, disguised tax increases and deficit reduction, the Prime Minister wants to convince that a recovery is possible.
For a surprise, this was one. No one in the National Rally had anticipated François Bayrou's failed poker coup. When, shortly before 5 p.m. this Monday, the Prime Minister dropped his cards and convened an extraordinary parliamentary session on 8 September for a vote of confidence prior to the autumn budget debates, it was therefore the unbelief that dominated the marine ranks.Most of the executives have not yet returned to Paris. The all in bra…
On the eve of the vote of confidence on September 8, an Elabe poll reveals a massive rejection of the Bayrou government: 72% of the French want it to fail. The budget 2026, which was judged ineffective and unjust, accentuates the...
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