French prime minister François Bayrou has called a high-stakes confidence vote for 8 September, warning the nation's future is on the line, reports RFI.
His €43.8 billion austerity plan includes cutting public holidays, freezing spending, and raising taxes – suggestions which have sparked fierce backlash across the political spectrum.
Analysts expect Bayrou and his government to fall on Monday after just over half a year in office, with both the far right and left-wing parties vowing to vote against his minority administration.
President Emmanuel Macron will then need to decide if he reappoints Bayrou, chooses a new premier who would be the seventh government chief of his presidency, or calls snap legislative elections.
He could also resign, as called for by the hard left (LFI), but he has repeatedly ruled out this course of action.
During a media marathon on Sunday, Bayrou appeared fatalistic: "There are worse things in life than being at the head of a government and that government (...) being overthrown," he told online media Brut.