A vote of no-confidence in French Prime Minister Michel Barnier is taking place at the National Assembly. If the motion is passed, the PM will be ousted and the government will collapse. Watch live scenes from parliament in the stream below.

French lawmakers prepared to oust the government with a no-confidence motion on Wednesday, plunging the euro zone's second-biggest economic power deeper into political turmoil.

The French government is on the brink of collapse as MPs prepare to vote on a motion of no confidence in Michel Barnier later today. France’s left and right-wing parties united to bring forward two motions against the French prime minister earlier this week after he used a rare constitutional power to force through his budget.