Following the June-July parliamentary elections, the National Assembly, France’s powerful lower house of parliament, is divided into three major blocs: a left-wing coalition known as the New Popular Front, Macron’s centrist allies and the far-right National Rally party. None won an outright majority.

France’s prime minister, Michel Barnier, is facing a no-confidence vote that could leave the country without a functioning government or a budget as it enters the new year.

France's far-right National Rally will force the collapse of Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government unless in a "last minute miracle" he yields to their demands on the budget, its president Jordan Bardella said.

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier's fragile coalition government faces near-certain defeat on Wednesday in a no-confidence vote that threatens to deepen the political crisis in the eurozone's

Prime Minister Michel Barnier's minority government's survival has always depended on the indulgence of its enemies.

Prime Minister Michel Barnier pushed a budget bill through the lower house of Parliament without a vote. A no-confidence vote this week could topple him and his cabinet.

The last time the National Assembly brought down a government was in 1962. “The French will not forgive us if we put individual interests before that of the nation,” Mr Barnier pleaded to deputies in the chamber.

MPs voted on October 8 in favour of the motion tabled by the left-wing New Popular Front coalition following the appointment of the government 48.5% of MPs voted in favour of this motion tabled following a 49-3 vote Motion adopted after Charles de Gaulle announced a referendum on the election of the President The Barron's news department was not involved in the creation of the content above.

Prime Minister Michel Barnier warned lawmakers that France has reached its “moment of truth,” as far-right leader Marine Le Pen is set to join a left-wing coalition to topple his government as soon as this week.

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier is bracing for a no-confidence vote this week, a political reckoning poised to topple his fragile government and send shockwaves across the eurozone

France on Tuesday braced for new political turmoil as opposition lawmakers prepared to back a no-confidence motion this week that risks toppling the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier after just three months in office.