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French PM Bayrou fights for survival in confidence vote over austerity budget

France’s parliament looks likely to remove Prime Minister François Bayrou on Monday, following only nine months in office, after the PM surprised even his own allies by calling a confidence vote to resolve a months-long deadlock over his austerity budget, France 24 reports.

Should Bayrou lose, he must resign along with his entire government, plunging France into new political turmoil.

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