French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday will seek ways out of France's political crisis, after Michel Barnier became the first prime minister to be ousted by parliament in over six decades. Barnier was the fifth prime minister to serve under Macron since he came to power in 2017,

PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Michel Barnier faces a no-confidence vote on Wednesday that, if successful - as appears likely, barring any last-gasp turnaround - will leave France at risk of entering 2025 without a government or a budget.

The French government is on the brink of a collapse as the Parliament sets to vote on a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Michel Barnier, which can plunge the eurozone’s second-biggest economy into a deeper political crisis.

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier's three-month-old minority government was toppled on Wednesday evening in a no-confidence motion supported by left-wing and far-right lawmakers. The collapse, which was precipitated by a fight over Barnier's austerity budget,