Overview

• François Bayrou intensified a media defense of his €44 billion savings plan, insisting it is a slowdown in spending rather than austerity and saying he will fight to the last minute before the vote.
• Olivier Faure confirmed the Socialist Party will vote against confidence and is pitching a smaller, roughly half‑sized budget effort, vowing to avoid 49.3 and seek compromises with the center bloc.
• Les Républicains are split after Wauquiez said his deputies would not automatically censure a PS or RN government, a stance quickly challenged by party leader Bruno Retailleau and other right‑wing figures.
• Emmanuel Macron has urged stability and asked his governing allies to work with the Socialists, as the RN vows to censure any cabinet continuing current policies and presses for a new dissolution.
• A nationwide “Bloquons tout” action is set for September 10, with a poll showing 54% support for the protest call and less than half of respondents favoring a confidence vote for Bayrou.