Overview

• He announced the move at a Paris press conference and will invoke Article 49.1, which would require his resignation if the vote fails.
• The vote precedes the formal budget debate and comes two days before a union-led national action planned for September 10.
• Parties on the left and the far right say they will not support him, and analysts see a high risk the government could fall.
• President Emmanuel Macron must call an extraordinary National Assembly session because parliament remains on recess.
• The package outlines hiring freezes, non-replacement of one in three retiring public servants, 3,000 job cuts, €5 billion in health reductions, a pension freeze, and the removal of two public holidays, with Bayrou citing debt rising by €12 million per hour.