French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday will seek ways out of France's political crisis, after Michel Barnier became the first prime minister to be ousted by parliament in over six decades. Barnier was the fifth prime minister to serve under Macron since he came to power in 2017,

PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Michel Barnier faces a no-confidence vote on Wednesday that, if successful - as appears likely, barring any last-gasp turnaround - will leave France at risk of entering 2025 without a government or a budget.

If the vote passes, Mr Barnier, who has been in the job for less than three months, will have to tender his resignation and that of his government to President Emmanuel Macron, who ushered in the crisis by calling a snap election in June.

One week before the official reopening, French President Emmanuel Macron visited the construction site at the Notre-Dame Cathedral for a final time. The shock of the reopening will be as great as that of the fire which destroyed the world-famous church,

President-elect Donald Trump will attend the reopening celebration for Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris this weekend, his first foreign trip since the election.