François Bayrou Ousted as French Prime Minister After Confidence Vote Defeat:
France has been plunged into fresh political turmoil after Prime Minister François Bayrou lost a parliamentary confidence vote on 8 September 2025. With just 194 MPs supporting him and 364 voting against, Bayrou’s resignation marks the collapse of Emmanuel Macron’s fragile minority government, making this the second PM to fall in less than a year.


