France's government collapses again — austerity necessity or Macron's failure?
France faces its fifth prime minister in under two years after another government collapse over a €44bn budget cut, with 'Block Everything' protests and strikes looming.
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Defenders argue France must close a dangerous deficit to satisfy EU rules and markets, and that the chaos comes from populists of left and right who refuse to back any serious budget.
The far-right National Rally and the left blame Macron himself, reject austerity as an attack on workers, and back censure motions and street protests demanding he change course or go.
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