The new French government faces a no-confidence vote on Tuesday just weeks after being reshuffled.<br /><br />Prime Minister Manuel Vals has called the motion to face off critics in and outside his party over his plans to boost employment.<br /><br />So far only 208 Socialist MPs have publicly declared their intentions to back the government.<br /><br />Polls suggest a victory for Manuel Vals but only by a slim margin because no-one wants to trigger fresh elections. But deeper splits within the Socialist party seem certain. <br /><br />France’s cabinet collapsed last month following the resignation of Finance Minister Arnaud Montebourg. <br /><br />He stepped down along with two others claiming the government should pursue growth rather than austerity measures. <br /><br />His replacement Emmanuel Macron has proposed lowering the tax burden on employers in the hope that it will spur hiring and put the French economy back on track. <br /><br />The prime minister last faced a vote of no-confidence back in April but since then the popularity of the government, and most notably President Hollande, has plummeted.
