France’s minority government appeared to be in its final hours Tuesday as opposition lawmakers from the left and the far right vowed to topple Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s Cabinet.A no-confidence vote is scheduled Wednesday in parliament in the wake of a divisive budget debate,

France is facing the prospect of the collapse of its government amid a row over how to tackle the country’s large budget deficit.

France’s prime minister, Michel Barnier, is facing a no-confidence vote that could leave the country without a functioning government or a budget as it enters the new year.

France could see a political earthquake in the coming days as the far right National Rally gave the government a deadline of Monday to agree fresh concessions over the budget.

Emmanuel Macron’s government is on the brink of collapse after Michel Barnier, France’s prime minister, today forced through a controversial new social security budget without a parliamentary vote . Instead,