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.

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.

France’s government fell after MPs voted to oust prime minister Michel Barnier’s administration and plunge the country into fresh political turmoil and without a budget. The 73-year-old former EU chief Brexit negotiator’s departure came after just three months in office and presents Emmanuel Macron with a power vacuum with over two years of his