Talks between French Prime Minister François Bayrou and leaders of the far-right National Rally (RN) party Tuesday ahead of a crunch September 8 confidence vote did not achieve a compromise. Senior

French Prime Minister François Bayrou has lost the vote of confidence he called in his government. France's National Assembly has voted by 364 votes to 194 to eject him from office and bring down his minority government. Another 25 MPs abstained.

French lawmakers voted to oust Prime Minister François Bayrou Monday, plunging the country into a new political crisis and leaving it without a government at a time of increasing economic strain and geopolitical tensions.

France's far-right National Rally said on Monday it was preparing for the possibility of snap elections, adding that Prime Minister Francois Bayrou's efforts this week to try to stave off the collapse of his government would fail.