The French government has collapsed as the prime minister Michel Barnier was ousted in a no-confidence vote, reports BBC.
The media said: “MPs voted overwhelmingly in support of the motion against him - just three months after he was appointed by President Emmanuel Macron.”
Oppositions had tabled the motion after the former Brexit negotiator controversially used special powers to force through his budget without a vote.
For the first time in French history since 1962, country’s government has collapsed in no-confidence vote, BBC upholds the history of no-confidence vote in France.
The development will further France's political instability, after snap elections in summer led to no single group having a majority in parliament, fears the media.
MPs were required to either vote yes or abstain from Wednesday's vote, with 288 votes needed for the motion to pass. A total of 331 voted in support of the motion.
Barnier is now obliged to present the resignation of his government, and the budget which triggered his downfall is defunct.
However, he is likely to stay on as caretaker prime minister while Macron chooses a successor.
Both the left and far right had tabled motions of no-confidence after Barnier pushed through reforms to social security by invoking presidential decree on Monday, after failing to win enough support for the measures.
According to the media, the left-wing alliance New Popular Front (NFP), which won the most seats in the parliamentary elections, had previously criticized Macron's decision to appoint centrist Barnier as prime minister over its own candidate.
Alongside the far-right National Rally (RN), it deemed Barnier's budget - which included €60bn (£49bn) in deficit reduction - unacceptable.
Marine Le Pen, the RN leader, said the budget was "toxic for the French".
BBC quotes Barnier as saying to the National Assembly that voting him out of office would not solve the country's financial problems.
"We have reached a moment of truth, of responsibility," he said, adding that "we need to look at the realities of our debt".
"It is not a pleasure that I propose difficult measures."
In an interview with French broadcaster TF1 on Wednesday, Le Pen said there was "no other solution" than to remove Barnier.
Asked about the French president's prospects, she replied: "I am not asking for the resignation of Emmanuel Macron."
Macron, who has returned to France following a state visit to Saudi Arabia, is due to give a televised speech to the nation on Thursday evening.
He is not directly affected by the result of the vote, as France votes for its president separately from its government.
Macron had said he would not resign whatever the outcome of Wednesday's vote. However, he will name the successor briefly to break the deadlock in the country, and an election will be following that.
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