French Prime Minister François Bayrou, aged seventy-three, has endured four no-confidence votes due to his government’s contentious budget, which features fifty-three billion euros in spending cuts and tax increases aimed at tackling France's increasing deficit.

The budget was enacted without a formal vote, depending on a slim margin of support, as indicated by a poll conducted on February sixth, which revealed that sixty percent of French voters favored keeping the government, despite sixty-two percent opposing the spending measures and seventy-six percent anticipating no significant legislation until the upcoming elections.

Simultaneously, Bayrou’s administration is contending with a heated debate on immigration.

Last month, Bayrou stated that certain regions of France were being 'flooded' with immigrants, a remark that has provoked backlash, especially from the Socialists, who have threatened to introduce their own no-confidence motion regarding the matter.

Within his cabinet, conservative ministers such as Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau and Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin have proposed eliminating birthright citizenship, an initiative that has garnered opposition from officials like Education Minister Elisabeth Borne and Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noël Barrot.

These events highlight the difficulties faced by Bayrou’s minority government as it tries to balance fiscal discipline with the growing pressures from contentious domestic issues.