French lawmakers prepared to oust the government with a no-confidence motion on Wednesday, plunging the euro zone's second-biggest economic power deeper into political turmoil.

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government is in tatters after he lost a historic no-confidence vote prompted by budget disputes. France's far-right and left-wing forces joined together to vote to oust Mr Barnier after just a few months in the job,

Michel Barnier’s government was the first to fall as a consequence of a no confidence vote in France since 1962.