French Prime Minister François Bayrou will meet the heads of political parties and parliamentary groups before a 8 September confidence vote that could bring down his government. Speaking in a televised interview on Wednesday, Bayrou that everyone must first agree on “the importance of the effort” to cut France’s debt.
Starting on Monday, Bayrou will begin talks with party leaders. In an interview with TF1, he stressed that “the prerequisite is that we agree on the importance of the effort” to reduce the debt – the question that lawmakers will be asked to decide in the confidence vote.
