The minority government of Michel Barbini did not receive the confidence of the parliament in today's vote, becoming the first administration to be dismissed in this way since 1962, and the shortest-lived in the "Fifth Republic".
A total of 331 MPs voted for the motion of no confidence submitted by the left-wing NFP coalition, while a majority of 288 votes was needed for the government to fall, the Guardian reports.
Barnije, who spent barely three months in office, is now obliged to submit his resignation, as well as the resignation of his government, to President Emmanuel Macron.
The outcome further deepens the political crisis in France and represents a significant blow to the European Union at a time when Germany is in the middle of an election campaign that lasts until February, and just weeks before Donald Trump's return to the White House.
After the vote of no confidence, Barnier will be forced to resign, and the country's president, Emmanuel Macron, will have to propose a new mandate for the composition of the government, for the second time since early elections in July that gave birth to a deeply fragmented parliament, reports Beta.
In the elections, the right-wing National Gathering led by Marine Le Pen won the most votes, which, however, neither has a sufficient majority to form a government on its own, nor does it have allies with which it could form a governing coalition.
Barnier's government was in the minority, and survived with the support of the National Assembly, and then, under pressure from the European Union for France to reduce its large deficit, it tailored the budget with a series of controversial solutions that enraged both the National Assembly and the left-wing Unconquered France.
Barnije's concession regarding the government's withdrawal from the electricity price hike was not satisfactory.
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