French PM François Bayrou expected to be ousted in confidence vote

Opposition parties planning to remove centrist and bring down minority government after just nine months

The French prime minister, Francois Bayrou, is expected to be ousted in a confidence vote on Monday afternoon, plunging the eurozone's second biggest economy into political crisis.

Opposition parties from the left to the far right have made clear they will vote against the 74-year-old centrist, meaning he and his minority government would fall after only nine months in office.