Far-right leader Marine Le Pen said Tuesday that the days of France's new government are already numbered, predicting an early presidential election in a few months. In an interview with Le Parisien last week,

France mired in deadlock since president called snap elections which weakened his power and ended in a hung parliament

France’s far-right leader must decide whether to wreck things or play nice — while keeping the 2027 presidential election firmly in her sights.

Meanwhile the government in the restive French South Pacific territory of New Caledonia collapsed Tuesday in a wave of resignations by pro-independence figures — another challenge for the new overseas affairs minister, Manuel Valls, and the incoming Cabinet.

The populist French leader is becoming increasingly emboldened as Emmanuel Macron faces increasing pressure to stand down

Le Pen said Macron was responsible for the ongoing political crisis and said he might be forced to resign as French president, a suggestion that Macron has forcefully rejected. French presidential elections are held every five years. Macron was elected in 2022 for a second mandate.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Wednesday that she was preparing for an early presidential election, saying President Emmanuel Macron's time in office was all but over.

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said he aimed to reach an agreement with parliament on a 2025 budget that would reduce the country’s deficit to close to 5%, near the level his predecessor unsuccessfully tried to reach.

French President Emmanuel Macron named a new government Monday evening, putting together a team under Francois Bayrou, his fourth prime minister of the year, to drag the second-largest EU economy

French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to appoint a new prime minister today, nearly a week after the political crisis triggered by Michel Barnier’s removal from office

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday named centrist ally François Bayrou as prime minister in an effort to address the country's deep political crisis, after a historic parliamentary vote ousted the previous government last week (AP Video: Marine Lesprit).

France is in a constitutional crisis, in economically difficult circumstances (it suffered another debt downgrade this weekend).