To survive the confidence vote on September 8, Prime Minister François Bayrou must secure a majority of votes cast in the Assemblée Nationale. Abstentions and absences will not be counted.

If he loses the confidence vote, French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou's minority government will fall.

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou will hold a high-stakes confidence vote in parliament on September 8 over unpopular plans to clean up France’s public finances.

François Bayrou makes surprise announcement as he seeks support for unpopular austerity budget

François Bayrou to seek parliamentary backing for his unpopular plans to shore up France’s public finances

Le premier ministre va engager la responsabilité du gouvernement, le 8 septembre, à l’Assemblée nationale, assurant chercher une « clarification ». Mais la chute paraît quasi…

Opposition parties say they will not back Prime Minister François Bayrou after a he called the vote over deep budget cuts.

François Bayrou has called for a vote of confidence in his government on September 8 in the Assemblée Nationale, saying he seeks 'clarification.' But his fall seems all but…

EDITORIAL. By calling for a confidence vote in the Assemblée Nationale on September 8, François Bayrou took a risky bet that allowed him to remain true to his message of fiscal…

If he loses, François Bayrou will be expected to resign, leaving France once again rudderless.

Pour survivre au vote de confiance du 8 septembre, François Bayrou doit obtenir la majorité des suffrages exprimés à l’Assemblée. Les abstentions et les absences ne seront pas…

Prime Minister Francois Bayrou's minority government has opted to roll the dice with a confidence vote in a bid to get an unpopular budget through parliamant.

Some members of the governing alliance have been left bewildered, seeing Bayrou's move as an impossible gamble. Many lawmakers in Macron's coalition are already anticipating…

François Bayrou is almost certain to lose gamble. Will a new PM be appointed and could there be a snap election ?

On the American online betting site Polymarket, which is blocked in France, the estimated probability that the prime minister will leave office by the end of the year jumped from…

To survive the confidence vote on September 8, Prime Minister François Bayrou must secure a majority of votes cast in the Assemblée Nationale. Abstentions and absences will not be…

François Bayrou continues to bank on education and a public opinion shift to convince lawmakers before the September 8 confidence vote. While he'll hold meetings with party…

On Thursday, the far-right Rassemblement National party and the radical left La France Insoumise party rejected overtures from Prime Minister François Bayrou as a September 8…