Overview

• An official decree has convened Parliament for Sept. 8 under Article 49-1, making defeat tantamount to the government’s resignation.
• François Bayrou is campaigning and inviting party leaders to talks from Sept. 1 around his €44 billion 2026 savings plan, but La France insoumise and the Ecologists say they will not attend.
• Major opposition forces, including the RN and LFI, have pledged to vote against, and RN leaders are pressing for new elections as a Bayrou loss is widely expected.
• The government’s schedule to present the finance and social security bills in early October and send them to Parliament by Oct. 7 is now uncertain.
• Social pressure is mounting, with a grassroots "Bloquons tout" action slated for Sept. 10 and unions calling a mass mobilization on Sept. 18, as Bayrou prepares a joint interview with four rolling-news channels on Sunday at 18:00.