The struggle against Macron cannot be left to parliamentary maneuvers by the neo-fascist Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, whose New Popular Front enabled the forming of the government.

The French government is prepared to “make concessions” to get its budget though parliament and avoid a market “storm”, the country’s finance minister said on Thursday, in a stand-off that risks bringing down Michel Barnier,

Barnier's government could fall before Christmas, and perhaps even by next week, if far-right and leftist foes force a no-confidence motion that he is likely to lose, according to a dozen sources from across the political spectrum.