Overview

• Lawmakers voted 364 to 194 against the government, toppling the minority cabinet less than nine months after Bayrou took office.
• Bayrou had sought backing for a €44 billion consolidation plan to curb debt and steer the deficit toward 3% of GDP by 2029.
• Major opposition groups, from the Rassemblement National to the left including LFI and the Socialists, voted against as the Assembly remains split with no absolute majority.
• Macron is seeking a successor acceptable to multiple blocs, with names such as Pierre Moscovici, Éric Lombard and Gérald Darmanin reported by French media.
• Grassroots organizers and unions plan a nationwide 'bloquons tout' day of disruption on 10 September, and the fate of the 2026 budget remains unresolved.