French Government falls on budget vote as first EU collapse due to Trump's military budget demands and the stupidity of Macron and von der Leyen

 

French government collapses

Prime Minister Francois Bayrou ousted by the National Assembly in a no-confidence vote

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou © Getty Images / Ameer Alhalbi / Contributor

The French government has fallen after Prime Minister Francois Bayrou lost a crucial confidence vote in parliament on Monday. Bayrou is the second consecutive prime minister under President Emmanuel Macron to be ousted, throwing the nation into political and economic turmoil.

A no-confidence motion in the National Assembly requires at least 288 votes to pass. Monday’s motion received 364 votes, with the left-wing New Popular Front and the right-wing National Rally uniting in opposition to end a months-long standoff over Bayrou’s austerity budget.

Having previously survived eight no-confidence motions, Bayrou called this vote himself, in a bid to secure backing for proposals that forecast almost €44 billion ($52 billion) of savings to ease France’s debt burden before the budget is presented in October.

The prime minister, who has repeatedly warned that France’s national debt poses a “mortal danger” to the country, appeared to acknowledge his fate. In a bitter remark on Sunday, Bayrou lashed out at rival parties that he said “hate each other” yet joined forces “to bring down the government.”

READ MORE: Macron’s government is collapsing. Here’s why Ukraine should worry

Bayrou is the second French prime minister in succession to be brought down following Michel Barnier’s ejection last December after just three months in office – and the sixth to serve under Macron since he was first elected in 2017.

Bayrou’s ouster reportedly leaves the French president to choose between appointing a Socialist prime minister to steer a budget through parliament, effectively ceding control of domestic policy, or call snap elections that polls suggest favour Marine Le Pen’s National Rally. With Macron’s approval ratings already hitting historic lows, either choice risks further weakening his presidency. Analysts warn that if markets lose confidence in France’s ability to rein in its deficit and mounting debt, the country could face turmoil reminiscent of the UK during the brief Liz Truss premiership.

Public discontent with Macron’s leadership has deepened, with the latest Le Figaro poll showing nearly 80% of French no longer trust the president. Thousands marched through Paris at the weekend demanding Macron’s resignation and carrying placards reading ‘Let’s stop Macron’ and ‘Frexit.’

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Trump cutting funding to train and support European troops in countries bordering Russia: report

The apparent shift has alarmed European defense leaders, who see the presence of U.S. troops and support as a key deterrent against Moscow

Josh Marcusin San Francisco

Friday 05 September 2025 00:38 BST

The Trump administration is halting what may amount to hundreds of millions of dollars in security funding to those European nations bordering Russia.

The upcoming cuts, which have not been publicly announced, come as the administration has not sought to renew European portions of what’s known as Section 333 funding and the Baltic Security Initiative, which supports nations near the Russian border like Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, the Financial Times reports.

“This action has been co-ordinated with European countries in line with the executive order and the president’s long-standing emphasis on ensuring Europe takes more responsibility for its own defense,” a White House official told the paper.

His timing on this announcement is awkward as the French government collapsed because of very serious budget issues. It's almost impossible for France to get it's budget in order at the best of times. The French react violently when their privileges are attacked. On top of this, Trump requires EU countries to dramatically increase military spending on the absurd presumption that Russia might attack at any moment.

President Macron played up this insane scenario, making stupid promises he cannot possibly afford, and now is being pressured to resign himself.

This is just the first EU country to be thrown into chaos by Trump's America First policy, which has utterly no regard for the rest of the world. It won't be the last. 

And he calls himself a Christian!

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Canadian Convulsions > Is Canada turning into the wild, wild west? This weekend voted 'yes'

 

— Colby Cosh

NP Platformed

The Opposition leader, Pierre Poilievre, newly restored to the House of Commons by the voters of Battle River—Crowfoot, Alberta, made some public remarks defending the use of force against burglars by homeowners. The Justice Minister Sean Fraser, sensing an opportunity but perhaps failing to read the proverbial room, replied indignantly on social media:  

 

“This isn’t the Wild West..."

His quip was followed by a weekend of appalling crimes across the country, some of them in fact having a disturbing Wild West flavour, darn the luck. 

In Vaughan, Ont., a homeowner died from “trauma to his body” (?) after armed burglars broke into his house and threatened his child. This incident is not to be confused with the four armed and masked men storming a house in Markham, Ont. And in Welland, Ont., an enterprising solo practitioner broke into a home and allegedly sexually assaulted a toddler. (A neighbour told the National Post that the accused had previously been convicted of a similar sex offence against her son, had received an 18-month prison sentence and had been turned loose in 12. Real solutions!) 

 

In London, Ont., which isn’t the Wild West, there was nonetheless a gunfight downtown that involved at least 11 rounds being fired. Guelph, Ont., which also isn’t the Wild West, got off easy, although the 80-year-old woman beaten unconscious in broad daylight didn’t. Renfrew, Ont., isn’t the Wild West, but two people allegedly broke into a hotel room to bear-spray the occupants and steal stuff. In west-but-not-wild Abbotsford, B.C., a house was riddled with bullets while its occupants slept. There have been a few apparent arsons, possibly involving homicidal intent — Richmond Hill, Ont.; Windsor, Ont.; and a fatal one in Edmonton in which a shouting match may have been ended, unanswerably, with a Molotov cocktail. Of course, I don’t know whether you could really say Edmonton isn’t the Wild West. A woman here was shot to death in her SUV over the weekend on the city’s historic main drag, Jasper Avenue. 

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Another Deep Left attack on a right leaning government in the EU > Student uprising in Serbia; Brussels is pushing for regime change in Hungary, Serbia, and Slovakia

 

Protesters attack government offices in Serbia

President Aleksandar Vucic has said “no civil war” will be allowed and that “no one is stronger than the state, even with foreign support”

Vandalised government office in Valjevo, August 16, 2025. ©  Social media

Fresh clashes between anti-government demonstrators and police have erupted in Serbia after offices of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) were set on fire. President Aleksandar Vucic has condemned the unrest, earlier stating that it was being fueled from abroad.

New clashes began on Wednesday in Valjevo, about 100km west of Belgrade, after videos of police using force against protesters spread online. The footage spurred rallies in several cities, with opposition groups accusing authorities of heavy-handed tactics.

Clips posted online showed masked demonstrators throwing flares and stones at empty SNS offices, breaking windows before flames broke out inside. Firefighters arrived and extinguished the blaze.

Riot police were deployed in Belgrade and other cities on Saturday night as videos showed protesters hurling flares at officers and police vehicles.

Vucic described the violence as “an expression of total weakness” and promised to “punish the bullies.” ”Alongside all the bad things happening to our country and to us, there is one good thing – all the masks are off. People see everything: the protesters’ nervousness and hysteria are growing, and the violence is becoming more obvious, because they have nothing left to offer,” he said in a video message on Saturday. “The time of accountability has come, and everyone who burned and destroyed will be held responsible and punished for their crimes.” 

He added that “no civil war” would be allowed and that “no one is stronger than the state, even with foreign support.” Vucic argued earlier this week that the unrest in Serbia was largely fueled from abroad, drawing parallels with the “color revolutions” seen in other countries. In a related statement, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto claimed the European Union is seeking to topple the governments of Hungary, Slovakia, and Serbia because they prioritize national interests over alignment with Brussels.

The unrest has “far exceeded civilized protest,” Russia’s Foreign Ministry said, adding that Moscow ”cannot remain unresponsive” to events in “brotherly Serbia” and expressed confidence that stability would be restored.

Student-led protests first broke out in 2024 after a railway station roof collapsed in Novi Sad, killing 16 people. Protesters alleged government corruption and demanded early elections.

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EU leaders want to overthrow three European governments – Budapest

Brussels is pushing for regime change in Hungary, Serbia, and Slovakia, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has claimed

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto. © Getty Images / Sefa Karacan/Anadolu

The European Union is attempting to topple the governments of Hungary, Slovakia, and Serbia for prioritizing national interests over alignment with Brussels, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has claimed. 

He made the comments in a Facebook post on Thursday after phone calls with Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar and Serbia’s top diplomat, Marko Duric. According to Szijjarto, they agreed to strengthen their stance on sovereignty and pledged mutual solidarity amid what they described as growing external pressure.

“Brussels has ceased to be a factor in world politics. The fact that Europe has been excluded from the Alaska talks proves it,” he wrote, referring to Friday’s summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the Ukraine conflict.

Kiev’s backers in Europe have repeatedly called to be included in any talks involving Russia, Ukraine, and the US, insisting that “a European power” should be “in the room” to guarantee that the security interests of Kiev and the EU are “safeguarded.” Unlike the EU, which continues to support Ukraine’s war effort, Szijjarto said Hungary, Serbia, and Slovakia have prioritized national interests and resisted pressure from Brussels, favoring peace talks over military involvement.

“This obviously frustrates the mainstream liberal political leaders, and as a result, the pressure is increasing on governments that are supporting peace, following national interests, and not subordinating to Brussels,” the diplomat said.

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It’s “clearer than daylight” that “external intervention experiments to destabilize and overthrow governments are taking place in Central Europe against the patriot Slovak, Hungarian, and Serbian governments,” he added. 

Szijjarto criticized recent polling in Slovakia, which suggested citizens “only trust revolution,” and accused Brussels of trying to undermine Hungary’s elected leadership by supporting the opposition Tisza Party. He also referenced recent clashes between protesters and police in Serbia, implying that external forces were stirring unrest to destabilize the government.

According to Szijjarto, these “are all different chapters of the same scenario in Brussels: they want to clean up the peace-party, patriot, national-interest governments,” aiming to replace them with puppet governments so Brussels “can get a seat.”

Migrants on the Move > UK Gov't Loses Track of 150,000 Migrants on Social Care Visas

 

UK government loses track of over 150,000 migrants who entered the country on social care visas

Aug 12, 2025 11:00 am By Christine Douglass-Williams20 Comments

Only two months ago, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer promised to overhaul a “broken” immigration system, with tougher visa rules. He was, of course, yet again lying to the British people.

The socialist UK government prioritizes cracking down on anti-mass migration patriots who criticize its disastrous immigration policies and migration incompetence.

Add to the latest debacle of “losing track” of 150,000 migrants: over 1,300 boat migrants have illegally crossed the English Channel “since the UK-France returns treaty came into operation last Wednesday” — less than a week.

Fury as ministers ‘lose track’ of 150,000 migrant social care workers

by Rebecca Robinson, Express, August 10, 2025:

Labour has confessed to “losing track” of over 150,000 migrants who entered the UK on social care visas. Government ministers acknowledged they have “no idea” how many foreign workers, brought in to support the social care system, are still employed in the sector. It’s also not kown [sic] whether these individuals are still living in the UK, The Telegraph reports.

In February 2022, amid fears of the sector’s collapse, care staff were included in the UK’s skilled worker scheme. This move allowed workers to enter Britain on a health and care visa if they secured a job with a Home Office-approved employer. Over the subsequent three years, the UK issued 154,402 visas to migrants providing “caring personal services” in Britain, permitting them to stay for up to five years at a time.

However, in 2023 the annual total reached a peak of 107,772 before plummeting to 9,539 in 2024, when the Conservative government prohibited care visa holders from bringing family members to the UK.

In response to a question from Mid Bedfordshire MP Blake Stephenson, Care Minister Stephen Kinnock revealed that the department does not hold data linking visa status to ongoing employment in adult social care or residence in the UK over time.…

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