Michel Barnier, the prime minister of France, lost a historic no-confidence vote on Wednesday and is expected to resign.French lawmakers in the National Assembly approved the motion by 331 votes of the 574 available votes.

Michael Barnier has become the shortest-serving French prime minister in modern history as opposition parties have ousted his government in a historic no-confidence vote – which hands president Emmanuel Macron a fresh political crisis.

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,