Macron Looks for a New Prime Minister After Bayrou’s Ouster

WATCH: Macron’s choice of prime minister will face the challenge of forming a new government and navigating a deeply fractured National Assembly to pass a budget. Caroline Connan reports.Source: Bloomberg

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By Samy Adghirni and William Horobin

September 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM UTC

Updated on

September 9, 2025 at 6:56 AM UTC

French President Emmanuel Macron will appoint a new prime minister within days, after the current premier lost a confidence vote in the lower house of parliament.

Prime Minister Francois Bayrou is formally presenting his resignation to Macron on Tuesday. Whoever Macron picks as his successor will need to assemble a government and then find a way to pass a budget in a starkly splintered National Assembly, an exercise that’s toppled the last two prime ministers.