In an interview with French broadcaster TF1 Le Pen says there was "no other solution" than to oust Barnier from his post.

The irony is unlikely to be lost on Emmanuel Macron: while France’s fire-struck Notre-Dame cathedral is to reopen after being saved in extremis from total collapse, the country’s government is about to come crashing down.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Wednesday her National Rally (RN) party would support an emergency law that rolls over the 2024 budget's tax-and-spend provisions into next year to ensure there is stopgap financing.

Marine Le Pen’s ultimatum to French Prime Minister Michel Barnier, even after he caved on a key demand from her party, lays bare the unprecedented clout the far-right leader now wields in Paris’ halls of power.

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier must make further budget concessions to avoid a no confidence motion that could topple his government, National Rally lawmaker Marine Le Pen said on Sunday. Le Pen has given Barnier until Monday to yield to budget demands from the National Rally (RN) or face the threat that they would back a likely no confidence motion against his government,

The far-right leader holds the fate of the country’s government in her hands, as a battle royale over the national budget reaches its denouement and investor anxieties rise.

French borrowing costs rose above those of Greece for the first time on record amid investor concerns over the political crisis.

France’s government offered a final-hour concession to Marine Le Pen on the 2025 budget, seeking to avoid being ousted from power in a no-confidence vote that would plunge the country into financial and political uncertainty.

French bonds fell after the far-right party renewed its threats to bring down Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s government if its demands over the 2025 budget aren’t met.