Overview

• The National Assembly rejected François Bayrou’s confidence motion by 364–194, prompting his resignation and placing the cabinet in caretaker status as the Élysée promises a successor in the coming days.
• La France insoumise lodged a motion to impeach President Emmanuel Macron, with Mathilde Panot citing 86 signatories.
• Rassemblement National leader Jordan Bardella renewed demands for dissolution or Macron’s resignation and vowed to censure any new central‑bloc government.
• National Assembly president Yaël Braun‑Pivet said she is available for Matignon, the Socialist Party’s Olivier Faure pressed for a left‑led premiership, and the centrist Liot group urged a cross‑party compromise.
• Authorities plan to deploy about 80,000 police and gendarmes for the Sept. 10 ‘Bloquons tout’ protests, while a tight 2026 budget timetable and a Fitch decision due Friday increase pressure on the next government.