"On Monday, French lawmakers filed into the national assembly in Paris where the embattled prime minister, Francois Bayrou, had called a confidence vote. It was on his unpopular austerity budget, one that he had hoped would tackle France's mounting debt but it would also decide his political future. The gamble didn't pay off. And, Angelique Chrisafis explains, France's third prime minister in a year was forced to resign having held his post for just nine months."
"Outside town halls across France, protestors celebrated with goodbye drinks popping open bottles of wine and carrying signs reading bye bye Bayrou, Lucy Hough hears. Bayrou's fall leaves Emmanuel Macron with a divided parliament, surging far-right opponents and a deepening debt crisis. Macron has moved surprisingly quickly to announce a new PM. But today, a national day of action called block everything' will see tens of thousands of protestors striking, blockading roads and occupying secondary schools and universities."
French lawmakers met in the national assembly in Paris for a confidence vote on Prime Minister Francois Bayrou's unpopular austerity budget aimed at tackling mounting national debt. Bayrou lost the vote and resigned after nine months in office, becoming the third prime minister in a year to leave. Protestors celebrated outside town halls across France, opening bottles of wine and carrying signs reading 'bye bye Bayrou'. Bayrou's exit leaves President Emmanuel Macron facing a divided parliament, growing far-right opposition and a deepening debt crisis. A national day of action called 'block everything' will bring mass strikes, road blockades and school occupations.
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