US EditionWhat to Know About France's Latest Political Crisis Ahead of Sept. 8 Confidence Vote
Bayrou seeks backing for a budget cutting 44 billion euros in 2026 amid political divisions and protests planned by the Bloquons Tout movement, risking government collapse.
- Ahead of the confidence vote, Prime Minister François Bayrou triggered a parliamentary confidence vote by seeking approval for unpopular budget plans, while opposition parties vow to reject the austerity measures threatening his government's survival.
- Mounting public debt has left France with 3.346 trillion euros and debt servicing at around 7% of state spending, prompting Prime Minister François Bayrou to unveil last month plans to cut 44 billion euros in 2026.
- The social-media-originated Bloquons Tout movement organizes a coordinated nationwide day of disruption against 2026 budget measures, while National Rally leaders insist they are ready to govern if Bayrou falls.
- The likely immediate outcome is a political crisis if the budget fails, which has already worried investors and hurt the 20-country eurozone; potential successors include Sébastien Lecornu, Gérald Darmanin and Catherine Vautrin.
- On Tuesday, Raphaël Glucksmann urged Bayrou to cancel the confidence vote and seek a budget compromise, calling the current plan unacceptable.
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The RecordWhat to know about France’s latest political crisis ahead of Sept. 8 confidence vote
France’s Prime Minister François Bayrou is scrambling to save his government and his job, holding talks this week with leaders across the political spectrum — including far-right leader Marine Le
The "Wsj" breaks up Paris after Bayrou has tried to blame his problems on our fiscal policies. Marine Le Pen on the vote of confidence: "A political suicide."The political and institutional instability that is living in France, since President Emmanuel Macron summoned the President of the European Parliament...
After receiving the Communists on Monday, the Prime Minister will meet with representatives of the RN, Renaissance and Republicans on Tuesday, 2 September, with no real hope of survival.
Guest on BFMTV this morning, RN Vice-President Sébastien Chenu indicated that the nationalist party, at one week of the vote of confidence on September 8, had "things to make" with the Prime Minister.
François Bayrou began on Monday a series of political consultations, a week from the vote of confidence in the Assembly which should seal the fate of his government. After the PC Monday, he must receive
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