The outgoing French government has prepared a "special" budget to keep the country running through the end of the year, after Prime Minister Michel Barnier lost a confidence vote in the National Assembly, which had rejected large parts of the proposed 2025 budget.
"It is ready," outgoing Budget Minister Laurent Saint-Martin told TF1 television on Monday about the "special law" prepared by the government that he said would allow France to continue to bring in revenue and take out loans to fund public services.
