Why did France's government collapse and what happens next?

Emmanuel Macron appears to have few good options after Michel Barnier's government became the first to fall from a no-confidence vote in more than 60 years

The French prime minister, Michel Barnier, resigned on Thursday morning, after far-right and leftist lawmakers joined forces to topple his government only three months after it took office.

Barnier and his government will stay on in a caretaker capacity, taking care of day-to-day business until the appointment of a new government, the Elysee said in a statement on Thursday.