Bayrou heads to Élysée to hand in resignation as France’s PM – Europe live

<p>Emmanuel Macron to name successor ‘within days’ as political crisis grips France</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/08/francois-bayrou-ousted-as-french-pm-after-losing-confidence-vote">France to get third PM in a year</a></p></li></ul><p>As we wait for first pictures of Bayrou at the Élysée, we are getting reports from <strong>Poland </strong>with the country’s prime minister <strong>Donald Tusk </strong>declaring <strong>it will close its border with Belarus on Thursday as a result of the “very aggressive” Zapad military exercises taking place in Belarus.</strong></p><p>Tusk said that it was also a response to a growing number of provocations from Russia and Belarus.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/sep/09/france-crisis-government-emmanuel-macron-europe-latest-live-news-updates">Continue reading...</a>