Another French prime minister could be toppled as confidence vote announced

French prime minister Francois Bayrou (Aurelien Morissard/AP)

France’s prime minister has announced a confidence vote next month that will likely lead to the collapse of his centrist government and prompt another period of political instability in the European Union’s second-biggest economy.

Francois Bayrou said he would seek approval for his unpopular budget plans on September 8 at the National Assembly, France’s lower house of parliament.