Dispute over savings budget: France’s premier bayrou wants to ask a question of trust

In the dispute over the upcoming savings budget, France’s Premier François Bayrou wants to ask the question of trust. The parliament will vote on this in two weeks on September 8, said Bayrou. He agreed with President Emmanuel Macron on this.

Even before the start of the debate about the budget for 2026 with planned savings of 43.8 billion euros, a fundamental clarification regarding the threatening financial situation is necessary in which France is in, said Bayrou. Therefore, after a government declaration, he would ask the question of trust for his center-right government.

With his announcement at the end of the political summer break, the Prime Minister starts fleeing. In view of the intended billions in savings, the left faction had already announced a vote of no confidence against Bayrou and its government. For weeks there has been a call to a general strike and protests in France on September 10th. Who is behind the call is unclear.

Bayrou and its government do not have their own majority in parliament. In view of the unclear balance of power, it had already been considered likely that the government could plunge in the autumn of the budget in autumn.

Output of the vote of trust open

At the beginning of July, Bayrou had survived a vote of no confidence requested by the socialists because the left warehouse, but not the racial emile of Marine Le Pen, standed behind the vote. How the right will behave in the question of trust is open.

The public debt in France has increased to 114 percent of gross domestic product. France is one of the states in the euro area with the highest debt rate.