Overview

• François Bayrou resigned after losing a confidence vote by 364 to 194, leaving a caretaker government as the Élysée says a successor will be named in the coming days.
• La France insoumise filed a motion of destitution against President Emmanuel Macron that it says has 86 signatories.
• Authorities are preparing for the 10 September “Bloquons tout” actions, with the interior minister announcing 80,000 police and gendarmes and the Paris police chief warning of potentially hardline tactics by some groups.
• Police sources reported roughly 11,000 people at about 200 celebratory “pots de départ” gatherings nationwide on Monday night as organizers coordinated plans for Wednesday.
• Parties are staking out positions: Yaël Braun-Pivet says she is available, PS leader Olivier Faure says he has not been contacted, the RN demands dissolution and threatens censure, and the LIOT group calls for cross‑party talks to keep budgets moving through 2027, while Paris prosecutors probe hate incidents targeting mosques.