ADVERTISEMENT French Prime Minister François Bayrou has called for a confidence vote in France's National Assembly on 8 September, as he seeks support for his minority government's budget cut plan. Bayrou annouced the confidence vote on Monday, which he said would reveal whether other parties are truly prepared to support the plan to cut €43.8 billion from the national budget . Three opposition parties have already stated they will not back him - the far-right National Rally, The Greens and the