LONDON — European stocks are expected to hold steady or dip on the open on Tuesday, with investors in the region focusing on further political turmoil in France after the ousting of Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Monday.

The U.K.’s FTSE

index is expected to open flat, Germany’s DAX

down 0.218%, France’s CAC 40

down 0.17% and Italy’s FTSE MIB