"Prime Minister Francois Bayrou was ousted overwhelmingly in a 364-194 vote against him. Bayrou paid the price for what appeared to be a staggering political miscalculation, gambling that lawmakers would back his view that France must slash public spending to rein in its debts. Instead, they seized on the vote that Bayrou called to gang up against the 74-year-old centrist who was appointed by Macron last December."
"After Gabriel Attal's departure as prime minister in September 2024, followed by former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier's ouster by parliament in December and Bayrou now gone, too, Macron again is hunting for a replacement to build consensus in the parliament's lower house that is stacked with opponents of the French leader. Macron's office said that he'd accept the resignation of Bayrou's government on Tuesday and name a new prime minister "in the coming days.""
Legislators voted no-confidence, toppling Prime Minister Francois Bayrou by 364-194 after he sought backing for sharp public-spending cuts to rein in debt. Bayrou's minority government must submit its resignation after just under nine months in office, creating renewed uncertainty and a risk of prolonged legislative deadlock. France faces budgetary challenges and international pressures including wars in Ukraine and Gaza and shifting U.S. priorities. President Emmanuel Macron must now find a fourth prime minister in 12 months to build consensus in a lower house stacked with opponents, while he retains substantial foreign policy and military powers.
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