In France, Bayrou's proposals on budget reforms were called a death sentence.

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has signed a "death sentence" for his career by proposing to reduce government spending by 43.8 billion euros and cancel two national holidays. This was reported by the Politico newspaper on July 17.

"Prime Minister Francois Bayrou seemed to have signed a political death sentence for himself when he told the French this week that he would deprive them of vacations, freeze social security and cut billions of dollars in health care," the article says.

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