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Bayrou Faces Confidence Vote Today That Could Force His Government Out

He frames the move as a test of his deficit warning after talks on the 2026 budget hit a wall.

Les députés sont convoqués, lundi 8 septembre 2025, en séance extraordinaire pour répondre au vote de confiance, sollicité par François Bayrou. Photo d’illustration de l’hémicycle.
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Le premier ministre sortant, Michel Barnier, avec le premier ministre, François Bayrou, à Matignon, à Paris, le 13 décembre 2024. François Bayrou fait face lundi 8 septembre 2025 à un vote de confiance à l’Assemblée nationale, qui pourrait entraîner la chute de son gouvernement.
Jusqu’au bout, l’actuel premier ministre François Bayrou a accordé la priorité absolue à la réduction de la dette. Ici, dans l’hémicycle de l’Assemblée nationale, le lundi 3 mars 2025.

Overview

  • The prime minister will deliver a policy statement at 15:00, followed by group responses and a paper-ballot vote with results expected around 19:00, according to the Assembly president’s office.
  • Major opposition blocs — the left, the Rassemblement National and parts of Les Républicains — have announced votes against, making a defeat widely forecast.
  • If deputies refuse confidence, Article 50 requires Bayrou to submit his government’s resignation to the president, with a caretaker phase likely until a successor is named or the Assembly is dissolved.
  • Bayrou triggered the confidence vote after a budget impasse as he pressed his diagnosis on public debt and sought roughly €43.8 billion in 2026 savings, while analysts say prolonged instability is weighing on investment and hiring.
  • Political and social fallout is already taking shape, with LR leaders debating conditions for supporting a successor and activists promoting evening “pots de départ” ahead of broader actions planned for 10 September.