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With 364 votes and only 194 in favor, the French National Assembly voted against the proposal to vote for confidence in the Bairo government and ratified its obvious collapse. 25 deputies abstained.
Francois Bire, who was appointed in his position less than a year after the elimination of the conservative politician and the former Brexit negotiation, Michel Barnier, described the vote of confidence in political courage.
“If we do not deal with debts, we will not be able to borrow at all,” Bayru said, rising to the step of the parliament in order to take responsibility for his government for the budget of rigid savings, the purpose of which is to restrict the country’s debt, which is 114% of GDP.
The parliamentary coalition supporting Emmanuel Macron does not have the majority of opposition parties, from the extreme right on the left, warned that they would vote “no”.
The Government of Francois Bayru, the fourth prime minister, appointed by Emmanuel Macron after the enforcement in 2022, and the second place since he broke the National Assembly in June 2024 collapsed.
The President of the National Assembly, Gil Bron-Pav, announced that after this development, the Prime Minister must testify to the President of the Republic.
France is faced with a financial crisis
The confrontation is based on the fragile public finances of France. Last year’s deficit It amounted to 5.8% of GDP, almost twice the EU ceiling, while public debt is currently more than 3.3 trillion euros – about 114% of economic production.
Bair claimed that radical reductions were inevitable, which offers a plan to reduce costs by 44 billion euros by 2026, partly with the abolition of two state holidays.
“France did not have a balanced budget for 51 years,” Bair warned in his introductory speech, pointing to “an incredible sequence of fate in 2020”, from pandemic and war in Ukraine to growing energy prices.
But the opposition parties attacked measures to save.
“I want to tell you how happy I am, that the government will fall today. For many French citizens, this is a relief, ”said Manuel Bobar from a hard party of naughty France, expressing a dance from all over the political spectrum.
What follows for Macron?
After the fall of the Bairo government, French President Emmanuel Macron will be forced to look for the fifth prime minister from the beginning of the second period in 2022 – a person who will be able to accept the budget from the fragmented parliament of France.
President Pays the price For his bet to dismantle the National Assembly in June 2024 that he failed, creating a deeply divided parliament without any side that has no majority.
Many observers expect Macron to now turn to the Central Socialist Party for the next leader of the French government.
Such a choice can reassure tension, but will encounter resistance from the parts of the Macron alliance and the Conservative Party “Republicans” (Les Republicains or LR).
While the member of the LR parliament Laureen East suggested that his party would not necessarily resist the socialist prime minister, the Minister of Internal Affairs Bruno Retgiy was categorical: “There is no way to accept the socialist premier -minister.”
Macron excluded the possibility of resolving the parliament again, fearing to repeat the destructive rate of last year.
Despite the fact that the deputies were several challenges to resign Macron, if Bair falls, the French leader promised to stay in power for the end of his term in 2027.
Mass demonstrations in the following days
With the situation on the marginal scene, the patience of citizens is exhausted.
Many organizations called for national strikes on Wednesday, while the main trade unions of France are preparing strikes and demonstrations on September 18 against the upcoming reduction of the budget.
France is in danger of entering into a double crisis: political paralysis on the top and an increase in turbulence on the streets.