PARIS — French Prime Minister François Bayrou presented his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron Tuesday morning, after lawmakers voted down his economic plans in a no-confidence ballot on Monday.

Before Monday's vote, Bayrou said France's big deficit and high debt levels made difficult economic decisions necessary, and urged members of Parliament to face the facts: "You have the power to topple the government, but you don't have the power to erase reality," he said.

He lost the vote 364 to 194 — a decisive defeat, and bigger than expected.

Political parties on the far left and far right celebrated Bayrou's defeat and said a replacement should be chosen from their ranks. Jean-Luc Mélenchon, head of the France Unbowed party, called it a "victory for the people," and an end to what he

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