A heavily divided French parliament is set to oust its second prime minister in a year in a no-confidence vote on Monday, plunging the country into political chaos as the key EU member teeters on the brink of catastropic economic collapse.
The government's almost inevitable breakdown comes as popularity for French President Emmanuel Macron plummets to a record low, with 77 percent of the nation not approving of his work and 64 percent calling for his resignation.
French MPs will debate a vote of no confidence in prime minister Francois Bayrou inside Paris's Assemblée Nationale after just nine months of him in office - a move which will most likely result in the country facing its fifth prime minister in less than two years.
Bayrou blindsided even his allies by calling a confidence vote to end a months-long standoff over his austerity budget, which foresees almost 44 billion euros (£38.19 billion) of cost savings to reduce France's debt pile.
He has warned that there was a 'high risk of disorder and chaos' if MPs failed to back his budget, describing the nation's spiralling national debt as 'a terribly dangerous period… a time of hesitation and turmoil'.
