Government collapses after Emmanuel Macron’s ally wins support of just 194 MPs with 364 against
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After a dramatic debate in the National Assembly last night, the ousted French prime minister François Bayrou is expected at the Élysée Palace today to formally resign from the post, starting the clock for president Emmanuel Macron to name the next person to take on the impossible mission of passing the budget in the current, extraordinarily divided, parliament.
