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Today — 8 September 2025Main stream

France, at an Impasse, Heads Toward Another Government Collapse

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Roger Cohen， Liz Alderman and Aurelien Breeden
8 September 2025 at 12:01
A vote of confidence scheduled for Monday appears set to topple Prime Minister François Bayrou and put more pressure on President Emmanuel Macron.

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Prime Minister François Bayrou, who called a vote of confidence for Monday, is unpopular to a degree almost unknown for a French prime minister.
Yesterday — 7 September 2025Main stream

Why France’s Financial Woes Are Pushing Its Government to the Brink

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Liz Alderman
7 September 2025 at 12:01
The French prime minister has proposed drastic spending cuts and tax increases to shore up the country’s accounts, but his plan could backfire.

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A street corner in Paris. France’s budget crisis has set off political and financial turmoil.
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