00:01It's cheers to the government's downfall here in Pau, southwestern France.
00:06Residents are out in the streets celebrating the Prime Minister and Mayor of Pau, François Bayrou,
00:11losing a vote of confidence from MPs over the budget.
00:15Now, he and all his government must resign. There are also calls for him to resign as mayor.
00:21François Bayrou is a man who does nothing, who has established himself and accumulated positions of power,
00:28resulting in severe austerity measures, declining purchasing power and widespread dissatisfaction with the system.
00:36In towns and cities all across France, there are parties to say bye-bye, bye-bye, rue.
00:41People in the western city of Nantes are also out to blame President Emmanuel Macron for the political crisis.
00:47For them, he should have nominated a Prime Minister from the left, as it was a left-wing coalition that won the biggest share of seats in Parliament.
00:55It's long overdue for them to put in a Prime Minister from the left-wing alliance, and it hasn't been done.
01:00Voila, it's Macron who did not understand politics.
01:03Macron is searching for his fourth Prime Minister in a year.
01:06But he'll find it very difficult to build consensus for a replacement.
01:10After snap elections in summer 2024, the country's legislature is fragmented with no clear majority.
01:16Some in France are not celebrating the government's collapse.
01:19They're concerned by the deepening political crisis, which shows no signs of easing.
01:25I'm waiting to see what happens, if they manage to find someone.
01:28But in any case, I don't think it's a very useful decision, and it brings more uncertainty than clarity to French politics today.
01:35The street parties are just ahead of Wednesday's mass protests called Block Everything.
01:42The broad anti-government campaign is calling for nation-
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