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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Rohit David

French Government Collapses: What Happens Next — and Who Will Be the Next PM?

Bayrou ousted in 364-194 vote on 8 September 2025 (Credit: François Bayrou X Account Photo)

France's political crisis deepened on 8 September 2025, as Prime Minister François Bayrou's government collapsed in a crushing confidence vote defeat, exposing President Emmanuel Macron's fragile leadership amid a spiralling debt crisis and parliamentary deadlock.

Bayrou, Macron's fourth premier since 2022, staked his tenure on austerity measures to curb France's ballooning public debt, but lawmakers from the far-left and far-right united to oust him, leaving the eurozone's second-largest economy in turmoil.

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