{"id":6792,"date":"2025-09-08T17:51:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T17:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/french-pm-loses-confidence-vote-as-countrys-political-crisis-deepens\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T17:51:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T17:51:39","slug":"french-pm-loses-confidence-vote-as-countrys-political-crisis-deepens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/french-pm-loses-confidence-vote-as-countrys-political-crisis-deepens\/","title":{"rendered":"French PM loses confidence vote as country’s political crisis deepens"},"content":{"rendered":"
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France’s prime minister has failed in a last-minute bid to save his job, with the country’s National Assembly ousting him in a confidence vote.<\/p>\n

Francois Bayrou – who entered office just nine months ago – is required to submit the resignation of his minority government after losing Monday afternoon’s vote by an overwhelming 364-194.<\/p>\n

The outgoing prime minister is paying the price for what appeared to be a staggering political miscalculation, as he gambled that lawmakers would back his view that France should slash public spending to address its growing economic issues.<\/p>\n

Analysis: Macron has few good options amid a worsening crisis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, Mr Bayrou called for unity as he attempted to win support for his both his premiership and his ambitious plan to curb France’s public spending.<\/p>\n

Arguing the country’s spiralling public deficits are threatening the future of the European Union’s second-largest economy, Mr Bayrou said state debts will weigh on future generations and leave France<\/strong> vulnerable to foreign creditors.<\/p>\n

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“Our country works, thinks it’s getting richer, but keeps getting poorer,” he said, pausing for sips of water when hecklers tried to drown him out.<\/p>\n

Mr Bayrou had proposed to cut a huge €44bn (£38.1bn) in spending in 2026.<\/p>\n

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But his plan – which included the removal of two public holidays – was heavily criticised by his political rivals, who sensed a golden opportunity to bring him down.<\/p>\n

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Addressing the confidence vote, he said: “Our country has an urgent need for lucidity, it has the most urgent need for unity. But it is division that threatens to prevail, that threatens its image and reputation.”<\/p>\n

Mathilde Panot of the hard-left France Unbowed, told Mr Bayrou in the debate before the vote: “Today is a day of relief for millions of French people, of relief over your departure.”<\/p>\n

Marine Le Pen said: “This moment marks the end of the agony of a phantom government.”<\/p>\n

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France’s President Emmanuel Macron<\/strong> now faces finding another government chief – the country’s fourth in 12 months – after Mr Bayrou tenders his resignation on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Mr Macron is facing a narrowing set of options and financial markets are signalling worry at France’s political and financial crisis.<\/p>\n

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He could nominate a politician from his own centrist minority ruling group for the top job, or someone from the ranks of conservatives, but that would mean doubling down on a strategy that has failed to secure stability.<\/p>\n

Mr Macron could also nominate someone on the left but no scenario is likely to hand the next government a majority.<\/p>\n

The president has so far resisted calls from France’s far-right and far-left factions to call a snap election as he did in June last year – which was the root of the latest government collapse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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France’s prime minister has failed in a last-minute bid to save his job, with the country’s National Assembly ousting him in a confidence vote. Francois Bayrou – who entered office just nine months ago – is required to submit the resignation of his minority government after losing Monday afternoon’s vote by an overwhelming 364-194. The…<\/p>\n

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