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French PM says 'fate of France' at stake in confidence vote
Prime Minister François Bayrou seeks parliamentary approval for his 2026 budget aiming to cut €44 billion in spending and reduce national debt amid strong public opposition.
- French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou called for a confidence vote, aiming to secure support for himself and his budget.
- Opposition parties, holding over 320 seats, plan to vote against Bayrou and his budget, risking the collapse of his government.
- Political instability in France raised borrowing costs, with 10-year bond yields surpassing those of Greece.
- Bayrou aims to reduce the budget deficit from last year's 5.8 percent to lower levels by 2029 but faces substantial opposition.
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Six days. It is the exact life expectancy that the whole country grants to François Bayrou as prime minister of France. After that time, if he does not achieve what seems impossible today, that is, to receive the support of the Socialist Party (PS) in the motion of confidence that he himself convened for next Monday, he will become the fourth prime minister to fall during the second legislature of the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron (…
Invited Monday evening from France 5, the former President of the Republic and Socialist MP said "refusing the method and content of the plan" the Prime Minister's budget.
After a summer under stress, François Bayrou took the political class short by announcing that he would take responsibility for his government during the ...
France's Prime Minister Bayrou defended his austerity plans against criticism a week before the planned vote of confidence in Parliament.
The Prime Minister will receive party leaders in Matignon from Monday, a week before taking responsibility for his government before the National Assembly.
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