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Bayrou set to quit as France’s first PM removed by confidence vote

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou leaves after his general policy speech on the budget issue before a debate and a confidence vote during an extraordinary session at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on 8 September 2025. REUTERS - Benoit Tessier

François Bayrou, the first prime minister in the history of modern France to be removed in a confidence vote rather than a motion of no confidence, is set to tender his resignation on Tuesday morning, according to a source cited by French news agency AFP

In the vote in France's parliament, the National Assembly, 364 MPs voted against a vote of confidence in the prime minister, while 194 MPs from the governing coalition voted in favour of him.

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