Politics. François Bayrou's fall: Bruno Retailleau wants a Prime Minister quickly, but not a socialist

Gabriel Attal believes it is "urgent" for political forces to reach a compromise. "There is a countdown, it's December 31st. We need a budget by then," the former Prime Minister insisted on TF1.

Changes to MaPrimeRénov', reduced VAT on solar panels, boost for heat pumps... François Bayrou's government published its latest decrees in the Official Journal on Tuesday, while the Prime Minister is due to resign this morning. A decree and an order set out the new terms for granting MaPrimeRénov' subsidies for comprehensive renovations, as announced by Housing Minister Valérie Létard in July.

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Asked on France Inter about the Socialist Party's attitude if a Macronist Prime Minister like Sébastien Lecornu or Catherine Vautrin were appointed, Olivier Faure refused to answer. "I'm not going to get into a narrative that would be about what I would do with this or that person. For now, we must claim power and ensure that this possibility exists," he argued, while the Socialist group, with its 66 deputies, occupies a pivotal role in the National Assembly.

"The motion to dismiss LFI has no chance of success," Jordan Bardella, president of the RN, said on RTL this morning, specifying that his party will not vote for the measure proposed this Tuesday by the Insoumis. Jordan Bardella reiterates that he wants a dissolution: "If we don't dissolve the National Assembly (...), I don't see how anything healthy could emerge."

"We need to get out of this depressive period we've entered," Olivier Faure said on France Inter this Tuesday morning, believing that "it's time to coexist (...)." "We want change, so that the French people who are going to demonstrate and who are expressing their exasperation can find a political outlet that can't be what we've been doing for years," added the first secretary of the Socialist Party, who has not been called by Emmanuel Macron at this time.

No surprises in the National Assembly: the "moment of truth" desired by François Bayrou resulted on Monday in a clear vote of no confidence (364 votes against, 194 for). What will happen now?

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"For a year now, since the dissolution, everything has been done backwards," declared former Prime Minister Gabriel Attal on TF1 this morning, insisting that a new dissolution "would be the worst possible solution."

"If I were entrusted with this mission, I wouldn't balk at it," Yaël Braun-Pivet replied when asked about becoming Prime Minister. "Obviously," she would leave the chair, adding that the time has come for a republican pact with the various political forces. "There is still time to vote on a budget," the President of the National Assembly reminded her.

Yaël-Braun Pivet, President of the National Assembly, expressed regret this morning on RTL over the fall of François Bayrou, "because he made some real observations and unfortunately he failed to win the support of parliamentarians." "The French are right to be a little desperate. I am convinced that a dissolution will not resolve anything. It is up to us to be responsible and move forward to give stability to the French," she added.

"I chose each of you for your human qualities, there has been an excellent atmosphere throughout the eight months, I hope that we maintain these links," François Bayrou told his ministers gathered Monday evening at Matignon after the failure of the vote of confidence, according to comments reported on BFMTV .

The government, which failed to gain the confidence of the National Assembly on Monday, will be forced to leave office. Upon leaving office, members of the government will not be entitled to unemployment benefits, but they will retain some benefits.

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The head of state "will appoint a new Prime Minister in the next few days," the Elysée Palace announced in a statement. As early as Tuesday? "That's one of the possibilities," as is a presidential statement on the same day, his entourage has said, without certainty. This would allow him to not be alone at the head of state on Wednesday in the face of the "Block Everything" protest movement, born on social media and supported by the left, which will precede the union mobilization on September 18 .

The day after his fall, François Bayrou is due to submit his resignation this Tuesday to the President of the Republic, who has already "taken note" of it. He will then deal with current affairs while awaiting the appointment of a successor, the fifth Prime Minister since the start of the five-year term in 2022, something never before seen in a ^Fifth Republic long renowned for its political stability, but which has entered an unprecedented crisis since the dissolution of the Republic in June 2024.

François Bayrou's government overthrown. As expected, MPs voted against the confidence of François Bayrou's government. 558 MPs participated in the vote: 364 MPs voted against and only 194 MPs voted for.

"These nine months have been months of profound happiness": Bayrou thanks his ministers. "These nine months have been months of profound happiness," François Bayrou told his ministers seated on the benches of the hemicycle before the vote. "We have succeeded against all odds in forming a team in which there were many heavyweights, a lot of solidarity, a lot of friendship, and which has not had a single crisis, a single tension during the nine months we have lived together," he said.

François Bayrou will submit his resignation to the President of the Republic tomorrow. He will then no longer technically be Prime Minister, but will instead assume day-to-day duties pending the appointment of a new Prime Minister by the Head of State. The mayor of Pau will therefore have been ousted after only 270 days at the Prime Minister's office.

Macron will name his successor "in the next few days. " Emmanuel Macron "takes note" of the fall of François Bayrou's government and "will name a new Prime Minister in the next few days," the Élysée Palace announced in a statement.

Faure: "It's time for the left to govern again." Socialist Party First Secretary Olivier Faure reiterates that "it's time for the left to govern this country again" to "restore hope."

Gabriel Attal proposes the appointment of a "negotiator." Former Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, head of Renaissance, requests "that the President of the Republic appoint a negotiator, stating from the outset that he or she will not be Prime Minister." "A negotiator tasked with bringing together the political forces represented in the National Assembly to build an agreement of general interest."

Macron "must also go," according to Mélenchon. As he had earlier stated in an interview with Le Parisien, Jean-Luc Mélenchon welcomed the departure of François Bayrou and called for the President of the Republic to step down. "Bayrou has fallen. Victory and popular relief. Macron is now on the front line facing the people. He too must go," tweeted the leader of La France Insoumise.

Le Pen is calling for a new dissolution of the National Assembly. The appointment of a new Prime Minister from the Common Core "would signal the country's institutional stagnation," says Marine Le Pen. According to the leader of the National Rally (RN) deputies, a new head of government with such a profile "would probably not pass the budget debate" and would therefore lead to a new institutional deadlock.

Welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to political news, the day after the vote that forced François Bayrou to resign as Prime Minister.