US EditionFrench Socialists threaten to topple Bayrou government over pensions
- France's Prime Minister Francois Bayrou faces a no-confidence measure filed by Socialists after pension reform talks collapsed in June 2025.
- The talks aimed to amend the unpopular 2023 pension reform raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 but failed due to union-employer disagreements.
- Bayrou summoned unions and employers again seeking compromise while left-wing parties push a no-confidence vote amid cautious far-right reluctance.
- Bayrou expressed his belief that, although challenging, a solution exists to overcome the current deadlock, while the government is preparing a €40 billion savings plan.
- The outcome suggests fragile governance with possible left-far-right alliance against Bayrou, though far-right refusal makes no-confidence success unlikely.
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Prime Minister François Bayrou is facing a major political and social crisis after the impasse in the negotiations on pensions, reviving tensions around the starting age
Fearing that the lack of agreement between the social partners would deter François Bayrou from tabling a text on pensions in the Assembly, the Socialists decided to table a motion of censure against the...
France's Socialists file new no-confidence motion against PM Bayrou after pension talks crumble
French Prime Minister François Bayrou will face another no-confidence measure by the Socialist Party over failed pension talks, a lawmaker said on Tuesday. Although the far-right National Rally party said it would not support the motion, the move weakens President Emmanuel Macron's already vulnerable government and its hopes of passing an ambitious 2026 budget bill.
Boris Vallaud justified a decision by refusing Bayrou to reform Parliament so that points could be discussed, in particular the increase in the minimum age of reform from 62 to 64 years.
The shadow of censorship again threatens the French government, that of centrist François Bayrou, who has just served six months as prime minister. Today the Socialist Party has threatened to file a motion in the National Assembly for having breached the promise it made when it came in charge of debating pension reform in 2023. This law, one of the great reforms of the president, Emmanuel Macron, delayed the retirement age from 62 to 64 years an…
RECIT - On Tuesday the Socialists broke the suspension left to the Prime Minister, for lack of commitment on his part on a return of pension reform to Parliament. But Marine Le Pen does not want to overthrow the government for this reason.
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