Paris correspondent Hugh Schofield asks if the next French prime minister will face the same fate as Michel Barnier.

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government is in tatters after he lost a historic no-confidence vote prompted by budget disputes. France's far-right and left-wing forces joined together to vote to oust Mr Barnier after just a few months in the job,

Barnier is expected to resign after French lawmakers voted 331 out of 574 in support of the no-confidence motion.