Europe live: Macron faces new political crisis with France prime minister François Bayrou threatened by confidence vote

<p>Bayrou would be the third prime minister to lose the post in a year, leaving the president in a difficult political position and an impossible vacancy to fill</p><p><em>in Paris</em></p><p><strong>Opposition parties from the left to the far right have made clear they will vote against the 74-year-old centrist</strong>, meaning he and his minority government would fall after only nine months in office.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/sep/08/europe-live-macron-france-prime-minister-francois-bayrou-confidence-vote-latest-news">Continue reading...</a>