The move came as calls mounted for a nationwide shutdown and mass anti-austerity protests on September 10th. A rejected confidence vote left both his government and the country’s fragile finances under greater strain, adding to the political uncertainty. France’s embattled prime minister stunned the country on Monday, announcing he had asked President Emmanuel Macron to convene an extraordinary session of parliament on September 8th. ‘We need a different prime minister and, above all, a different policy,’ lead Socialist lawmaker Boris Vallaud wrote on X. ‘Macron is chaos,’ Melenchon said on Tuesday, adding he would propose a motion of no confidence against the president in parliament, adding: ‘He must go.’