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Bayrou lays out his budget strategy, one week ahead of no-confidence vote

France's Prime Minister Francois Bayrou delivers a speech during the La REF 2025 meeting of French entrepreneurs at Roland-Garros venue in Paris on 28 August 2025. © Thibaud Moritz / AFP

François Bayrou has placed his government’s survival on a high-stakes confidence vote, urging France to back his tough budget plans despite mounting calls for his departure.

French Prime Minister Bayrou has vowed not to bow out quietly, insisting that his contested economic programme is about the future of France, not just his own political survival.

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