The fate of the French government with Prime Minister François Bayrou will be decided in today's parliamentary vote of confidence, which is expected to lead to the resignation of the Prime Minister, BNR reported.
The Prime Minister requested the vote because of the highly contested draft budget, which envisages severe economic restrictions.
The hours of the government of François Bayrou seem to be numbered: until the last day before the vote of confidence, the Prime Minister failed to convince anyone from the opposition to support him. A full majority of the MPs who voted is enough to lead to the resignation of the cabinet.
The political class is already discussing the options after Bayrou. Socialist leader Olivier Faure has expressed his readiness to lead the next cabinet.
"Democracy is being suffocated" according to nationalist Marine Le Pen, who has already threatened to boycott the next prime minister.
The right-wing "will never support a socialist prime minister" according to the leader of the "Republicans" Bruno Rétailleau. He called his opponents "engineers of chaos". However, the right-wing remained divided ahead of the vote.
The possible scenarios facing President Emmanuel Macron are a new prime minister, a caretaker government or the dissolution of parliament in the absence of a consensus on France's budget and the fight against the deficit.
The unstable situation has shaken financial markets, especially with the prospect of a sustained nationwide protest on September 10.