French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, fighting to save his political life ahead of a confidence vote, acknowledged that negotiations with opposition parties may fail to save his government from being ousted. “Compromise is a beautiful thing, but I’m not sure it’s possible,” Bayrou said in an interview with French news channels on Sunday evening. He called for the Sept. 8 vote in an effort to break a deadlock over planned budget cuts. Bloomberg's Alan Katz reports.