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After Bayrou: What Happens Now that France Has Ousted yet Another Prime Minister?
François Bayrou resigned after a 364-194 confidence vote defeat over €44 billion austerity budget plans amid a divided National Assembly and rising public discontent.
- On Monday, Prime Minister François Bayrou lost a confidence vote 364 to 194 and resigned on Tuesday after nine months in office, as Macron searches for a successor.
- Last year’s inconclusive snap election produced a bitterly divided National Assembly, while the budget foresaw almost €44 billion in austerity measures amid public resentment over worsening quality of life.
- An Odoxa-Backbone poll commissioned by Le Figaro found 64 percent want Macron to resign; Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu and Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin are floated, while National Rally called for snap elections since Bayrou's ousting Monday and “Block Everything” protests are set for Wednesday.
- Bayrou will stay in a caretaker role until a successor is named, and Macron has ruled out fresh elections, fearing they would boost the National Rally.
- Analysts note public debt at about 114% of GDP this year is raising stakes, while Socialist Party chief Olivier Faure said, `I would like it to be the left, the greens. We need to claim power`.
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Protesters in France Disrupt Transport and Demand Macron’s Resignation
BackgroundFrance is facing heightened political unrest after parliament ousted Prime Minister François Bayrou in a no-confidence vote earlier this week over his austerity-driven budget plans. President Emmanuel Macron quickly appointed Sebastien Lecornu as his fifth prime minister in less than two years, sparking fresh anger from the left and trade unions. What HappenedAccording to Reuters, […] The post Protesters in France Disrupt Transport and…
Calls Grow for Macron’s Removal as He Attempts to Appoint a New PM.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: French Prime Minister François Bayrou lost a confidence vote over his austerity budget, leading to the collapse of his government. President Emmanuel Macron is attempting to replace him with Sébastien Lecornu, the former Minister of Defense.WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Macron, Prime Minister François Bayrou, Sébastien Lecornu, Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau, and opposition leaders Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélencho…
EDITO. While the courageous Mr. Bayrou has called for the need to reform our public finances, one may wonder whether the narcissist Mr. Macron will favour the necessary remedial measures.
After Bayrou: What happens now that France has ousted yet another prime minister?
Another one bites the dust. Prime Minister François Bayrou on Tuesday became the fourth premier in less than two years to submit his resignation after losing a crushing confidence vote in parliament.…
France rejects the medicine of austerity
So short-lived is the average French government, losing another one hardly seems historic. After nine months as prime minister before resigning on 9 September, François Bayrou is not quite France’s answer to Liz Truss; he lasted three times as long as his predecessor, Michel Barnier. Yet Bayrou is the first prime minister in the Fifth Republic’s history to be toppled after calling a confidence vote in his own government (in Barnier’s case, the d…
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