French Prime Minister Michel Barnier's three-month-old minority government was toppled on Wednesday in a no-confidence motion supported by left-wing and far-right opposition lawmakers. Marine Le Pen's far-right nationalists and a leftist alliance voted together to oust the government.

By Benoit Van Overstraeten and Diana Mandia PARIS (Reuters) -French lawmakers are all but certain to oust the government with a no-confidence motion on Wednesday, plunging the euro zone's second-biggest economic power deeper into political turmoil.

President Macron due to address the nation as the minority government led by his hand-picked premier is toppled.