LIVE - Fall of the Bayrou government: "We must reclaim power," says socialist Olivier Faure

Would the Socialist Party censor a new Macronist government? Questioned on France Inter this morning, its first secretary evaded the question. On the one hand, Olivier Faure "believes in lucidity" and faced with "a divided country," he "thinks it's time to coexist." But he refused to "enter into a narrative that would be about what I would do with this or that. For the moment, we must claim power and ensure that this possibility exists." But to reach Matignon, Emmanuel Macron still needs to ask him. And the Socialist "didn't hear the phone ring" last night.

Generally, to become Prime Minister, you don't have to apply. Or, at least, not publicly. This morning on RTL, Yaël Braun-Pivet doesn't mind all that. The President of the Assembly, who is bringing together the group presidents this morning supposedly to discuss the functioning of the Assembly in current affairs mode, clearly states her interest in Matignon. "I fully assume my responsibility as President of the Assembly by bringing everyone around the table," she explains after unfolding her candidacy: "I never shy away from obstacles, from difficulty. Sometimes people tell me that the Hôtel de Lassay [the presidency of the Assembly, editor's note] is comfortable and that I want to stay there. No, I'm not a stalwart, I'm capable of taking risks. If by chance it were necessary to take on this mission, obviously I wouldn't balk, but it's the President's choice." Yet she pretends not to apply for anything, while saying she is available: "I am not a candidate, at all, but I am available to work in the interests of my country, wherever necessary."

The meeting time has been postponed by a few hours. Initially expected at 8 a.m. at the Élysée Palace, the future ex-Prime Minister will present his resignation to the head of state at noon.

He is now the sole leader on board, even as a social movement brews. Emmanuel Macron "will appoint a Prime Minister in the next few days," the Elysée Palace announced in a press release. Perhaps even as early as Tuesday. This is because he finds himself alone in the face of the "Block Everything" protest movement , born on social networks and supported by the left, which will precede the union mobilization of September 18 , with in between the two the decision on Friday of the Fitch agency which could downgrade the French debt rating and cause turbulence on the financial markets. With a government in caretaker affairs, "it's coming back, it's putting the spotlight on the President of the Republic," feared a minister yesterday to Libération .

Emmanuel Macron finds himself on the front lines this Tuesday, attempting to solve the puzzle he has been unable to unravel for over a year: finding a prime minister capable of surviving in a parliamentary landscape without a majority. Our story.

To understand the political shenanigans of a doomed vote of confidence, one question arises: why has the ousted Prime Minister been insisting for forty years that he's a believer in compromise, when he hasn't sought one with anyone? Read Paul Quinio's editorial.

Half an hour after the vote on Monday evening, the Elysée Palace announced that Emmanuel Macron would meet with the head of government at 8 a.m. on Tuesday to "accept the resignation of his government." As for François Bayrou, he hoped for "the smoothest possible handover so that the next team can get to work very quickly," Matignon explained.