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French Parliament ousts second PM in less than a year, fueling instability

The French government was thrown into fresh turmoil Monday as lawmakers fired the prime minister, the latest leader tossed out by a deeply divided legislature. Parliamentarians on the left and right voted against François Bayrou in a motion of no confidence. They are unhappy about his proposal to make drastic cuts of around 44 billion euros ($51 billion) to next year’s budget, an unpopular attempt to resolve France’s economic woes. This was the second time in nine months that lawmakers in...