Finance Minister Antoine Armand said France won’t accept artificial budget deadlines from Marine Le Pen even as the far-right leader gave her strongest indication yet that she’s prepared to topple the government as soon as this week.

France’s efforts to repair its public finances are threatening a new political and financial crisis, prompting investors to sell some of the nation’s assets.Most Read from BloombergIn Traffic-Weary Toronto,

The growing sense of crisis over France’s budget is driving the country toward a moment of humiliation in financial markets: It seems only a matter of time before investors declare France a worse credit risk than Greece.