France's far right threatens to bring down the government over draft budget

Only last month, the French government survived a no-confidence vote brought by the left as the far-right abstained from voting.

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00:00France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen warned she might topple France's minority government

00:07by the end of the year if the budget bill isn't changed, threatening a confidence motion.

00:12Le Pen said she expressed red lines, including a refusal to raise electricity taxes and the

00:19need to increase state pensions from January.

00:23Conservative Prime Minister Michel Barnier's cabinet is forced to rely on the far-right's

00:28goodwill to be able to stay in power.

00:31Barnier's cabinet is mostly composed of members of his Republican Party and centrists from

00:36President Emmanuel Macron's alliance.

00:40The budget bill for next year must be passed by December 21.

00:45Last month, the government survived a confidence vote brought by the left-wing coalition because

00:51the far-right group abstained from voting.

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