France on the brink: how a budget deficit became a political crisis - short news
With the government facing defeat in a confidence vote, the nation’s economic problems will still need to tackled
France is stuck in economic limbo, without a budget and soon, possibly, without a government. The prime minister, François Bayrou, has called for parliament to hold a confidence vote on 8 September and, now that parties of the left and far-right have pledged to bring the government down, on paper he doesn’t have the numbers to win.
On Tuesday the Socialist Party..
source: The Guardian - 27.08.2025