Déjà vu: Budget Crisis in France (EN)

France’s Prime Minister François Bayrou has tied his government’s
survival to €44 billion in cuts. Ahead of the Sept 8 confidence
vote, Philippa Sigl-Glöckner talks with Clara Leonard (Institut
Avant-Garde) about austerity, political risks, and what’s at
stake for democracy.Takeaways:France faces
political turmoil as PM Bayrou ties his government’s survival to
€44 billion in budget cuts. Public resistance is high, with
austerity measures hitting the most vulnerable while failing to
address deeper structural issues. Comparisons to Greece are
misleading, yet political instability is already raising France’s
borrowing costs. In the long term, austerity risks undermining
growth and democracy—fiscal space remains above all a political
choice.Philippa Sigl-Glöckner, Dezernat ZukunftClara Leonard,
Institut Avant-Garde


For further reading:The French Constitution


Prime Minister François Bayrou’s videos on the current situation