French government collapses after PM Bayrou ousted in confidence vote | NYGazet

French Parliament votes to bring down the Bayrou-led government over its plans to cut about $52bn to reduce the debt.

France’s Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has lost a confidence vote in Parliament, hours after warning that the country was facing “life-threatening” debt, deepening a political crisis and handing President Emmanuel Macron the task of finding a fifth ... [2001 chars]