"It's been a long summer of speculations about the French government's future amid growing controversies about its plans for the country's next budget seeking to rein in spiraling state deficit and debts. France's Prime Minister Francois Bayrou poses in his office at the hotel Matignon, French Prime minister's official residence, in Paris. Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images But it will all be clear today as the National Assembly holds a vote of confidence in Francois Bayrou's embattled government."
"According to the declarations from the party leaders, he has little change of securing the majority required to cling on. Bayrou would be the third prime minister to lose the post in a year, leaving the president, Emmanuel Macron, in a difficult political position and an impossible vacancy to fill. A Verian poll for Le Figaro magazine this weekend found only 15% of French people trust Macron to resolve the political crisis."
Months of speculation have surrounded the French government's future amid controversies over budget plans to rein in spiraling deficits and debts. Prime Minister François Bayrou faces a National Assembly confidence vote expected to remove him, which would make him the third prime minister to fall within a year. A Verian poll for Le Figaro found only 15% of French people trust President Emmanuel Macron to resolve the crisis. The debate begins at 2pm BST and the vote is expected near 6pm BST. If Bayrou loses, he will remain as caretaker until a successor is found; Macron must appoint a new prime minister or dissolve parliament and call snap elections.
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