French President Emmanuel Macron has named his close ally and the country's defense minister, Sebastien Lacourneau, as the new prime minister.
Lacourneau, 39, is expected to take office today and faces the same major challenge as outgoing Prime Minister Bayrou, who is struggling to pass a budget.
The French parliament has voted no confidence in the government of François Bayrou.
In a speech before the vote, Bayrou said that the country's growing public debt can only be reduced through austerity measures and that his resignation is not the solution to the problem.
Bayrou made it clear in August that the country's debt was growing at a rate of 5,000 euros per second and that no balanced budget had been presented in 50 years, prompting Interior Minister Bruno Rettiglio to say that France had never experienced such an economic downturn in history.
Bayrou's government has been in power for less than 9 months.
He wanted to cut the budget by 44 billion euros and spend an additional 3.5 billion euros on national defense.
He wanted to raise spending on social welfare and call on people to work on two public holidays to reduce the budget deficit, and he wanted the government to help the rich in the name of stability.
Macron is trying to form a minority government, the left-wing bloc has a majority in the 577-member National Assembly, but is unable to form a government.
La Cornouaille has been conservative in the past and therefore his support from the center-left Socialist Party is difficult, in which case Macron will need the support of Lapin and the right-wing National Rally.
Protests over the budget issue in France are also likely to be held in several cities across the country, with the possibility of arson.
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