Michel Barnier, the prime minister of France, lost a historic no-confidence vote on Wednesday and is expected to resign.French lawmakers in the National Assembly approved the motion by 331 votes of the 574 available votes.

Michael Barnier has become the shortest-serving French prime minister in modern history as opposition parties have ousted his government in a historic no-confidence vote – which hands president Emmanuel Macron a fresh political crisis.

Today, deputies in France's National Assembly will deliver their verdict on Mr Barnier in a no-confidence vote, likely to bring the curtain down on his brief tenure as the nation's PM.