French lawmakers said they tabled a motion of no-confidence against Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Monday, setting up a vote that could see the far right topple his government within days.

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier is bracing for a no-confidence vote this week, a political reckoning almost certain to topple his fragile government and send shockwaves across the eurozone. Barnier on Monday invoked a rarely used constitutional mechanism to push through the contentious 2025 budget without parliamentary approval,

The French government is all but certain to collapse later this week after far-right and left-wing parties said they would vote a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Michel Barnier. Investors immediately punished French assets as the latest developments plunged the euro zone's second-biggest economy deeper into political crisis,