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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