#government-collapse

#government-collapse

The National Assembly votes to bring down the Bayrou-led government over its plans to cut about $52bn to reduce the country's debt pile. French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has lost the confidence vote in parliament, hours after warning the country was facing a life-threatening debt crisis, deepening a political crisis and handing President Emmanuel Macron the task of finding a fifth prime minister in less than two years.