French Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government could collapse after three months in power due to a coalition of right- and left-leaning political parties opposing a recent budget move.

President Emmanuel Macron must seek a new prime minister after Michel Barnier’s administration became the shortest-serving in the modern French republic.

The French government collapsed on Wednesday after losing a no-confidence vote, thrusting the euro zone's second-largest economy further into political crisis, and threatening its capacity to legislate and repair its precarious finances.