A first in France: on 8 September, Prime Minister François Bayrou (MoDem, centrist) misplaced the arrogance vote that he himself had requested within the National Assembly by 364 votes to 194. Weakened by scandals and his proposed finances for 2026 – which some critics deemed overly austere and unfair – Bayrou resigned the day after. He has been in cost since 13 December 2024. On the identical day, president Emmanuel Macron appointed former Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu, an in depth ally, as Bayrou’s successor.
For some observers, the autumn of the Bayrou authorities is merely the pure conclusion of a predictable collapse. The authorities confronted the unenviable process of discovering a approach out of the political, financial and social disaster that marks the top of Emmanuel Macron’s decade of energy.
France is now plunged again into uncertainty: the spectre of one other dissolution of the National Assembly looms massive, which might radically reshuffle the deck. The 10 September “shutdown” and the 18 September strike could find yourself paralysing the nation: the top of the disaster remains to be a good distance off.
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