Overview

• Bayrou will deliver a policy declaration then force a confidence vote on 8 September under Article 49; defeat would push President Emmanuel Macron to appoint a new premier or consider dissolving the National Assembly.
• Rassemblement National, La France Insoumise, the Greens, the Communists and the Socialists have said they will vote against the government, leaving its survival uncertain.
• The center-right Republicans (LR) announced they will support the government, narrowing the arithmetic and making abstentions by other deputies potentially decisive.
• Appealing for support at a CFDT event, Bayrou urged MPs to reconsider, casting the choice as one between “chaos” and “responsibility.”
• The showdown comes two days before an online-driven call for nationwide protests and a general strike on 10 September, as opponents rally against a plan to save about €44 billion by freezing pensions and social benefits, cutting most ministries and scrapping two public holidays to curb debt near 114% of GDP.