This is the first time since 1962 that a French government has fallen after a no-confidence vote
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00:00So what's next for France's government? Well Michel Barnier is likely to stay on
00:05in the form of a caretaker government handling day-to-day affairs but it's now
00:10up to President Emmanuel Macron to once again nominate a Prime Minister. A
00:14complex task given that he or she may have to survive a no-confidence vote in
00:19a highly fragmented National Assembly. New legislative elections are not
00:24possible before next July. There have also been calls for Macron to resign
00:28although this seems highly unlikely. The President was heavily criticized this
00:32summer for taking on the sole role of choosing the Prime Minister without
00:36really consulting other political parties. Political analysts told us that
00:40it's time for Macron to let go and allow the MPs to make their choice.