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brent currently up .6% and france's finance minister has told us he refuses to accept le pen's demands for budget changes saying the got to market jitters with amid concern over a potential government collapse in france. they spoke to us exclusively. >> we respect each and every member of parliament and every person in france, whatever they decided to vote on but it was my responsibility as a finance minister to commit to the target we decided to have at the beginning of our mandate not only for france or the government but it is now needed in order that europe remain good and for that we need all political leaders to be responsible. >> does that mean you can kept this deficit target or do you believe it has to be 5.5 or perhaps higher? >> our commitment to reduce the deficit towards 5% in 2025 and towards 3% in 2028 nine is not an option but something we are very carefully looking at. >> it means that every time that we make adjustments in the budget we compensate with saving and new measures. it's clearly an important point to underline. >> that was our exclusive interview with the f

there are some names from his camp who could please in away, the marine le pen camp.names is a big figure in the parliament here. he said if the prime minister was himself or someone from marine le pen's camp, it will not last long. so we need to find someone who can bring some stability within different society and the french parliament, try to find someone who could please the far right more for the far left. that is the big dilemma on micron's sake -- on president macron's hands right now. reporter: well, let's pick up on that with a member of the european parliament from the national rally of marine le pen, on the hard right of french politics. fabrice, thank you for joining us. does your pottery want the post of prime minister? guest: good evening. no. in fact, what we wanted to express tonight when voting the motion of no-confidence, was to protect the french citizens, because our approach, our reading of the budget law was that it was very that fo french people and for the french economy without streamlining administrative services and public services in order

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he went publicly saying marine le pen should run for election and that a decision on marine le pen�*se ballot and not in the constitutional court. this is probably give back time when it comes to the far right side of the national assembly, saying do not vote out francois bayrou's government.- bayrou's government. which brin . s bayrou's government. which brings me — bayrou's government. which brings me to _ bayrou's government. which brings me to the _ bayrou's government. which brings me to the question, l bayrou's government. which i brings me to the question, how much better place is he that michel barnier? because he has got to get the budget across the line, and that's what brought about michel barnier�*s down for last week? brought about michel barnier's down for last week? absolutely and that's why _ down for last week? absolutely and that's why it's _ down for last week? absolutely and that's why it's the - down for last week? absolutely and that's why it's the big - and that's why it's the big question and the big unknown at the minute. what we know is that francois bayrou,

in our exclusive interview national rally leader marine le pen tells us a budget will pass if the government narrows the deficit more slowly. >> well, it is a matter of a few weeks. we will discuss it with the new prime minister. we will work together. tom: south korea's ruling party leaders as the president should be suspended, a major shift ahead of an impeachment vote for treason. chinese stocks gain on stimulus hopes, european and u.s. futures edge lower as investors await u.s. droplet -- job data later today. happy friday. european futures pointing lower by .3 of 1% after six straight days of gains despite the political uncertainty in france. we have seen that story turnaround as well where you end up in positive territory. it will see gift that plays out again today. we have had six straight days of gains, and if we get a seven over in france that would be the longest winning streak for french equities in three years, which would be remarkable given the standoff i in paris. s&p futures after a modest rep yesterday pointing lower by .1 of 1%. we look ahead to nonfarm payrolls with the p

the french prime minister says the government is close to collapsing with marine le pen pledging to join a left-wing coalition to topple the administration after they invoked a constitutional mechanism to adopt a social security bill without a vote. >> this bill is now here. and now is the time to act to implement it. we have reached a moment of truth that confronts everyone with their responsibilities. it is now up to the members of the parliament to decide whether our country adopts responsible financial texts essential and useful to our fellow citizens. >> let's bring in caroline in paris. is the barnier government then living its last few hours? is collapse imminent now for this french government? >> it seems that the collapse of this government is almost inevitable if the national rally joins forces with the left-wing alliance because they will have a majority to support this vote of no-confidence, which should happen by wednesday night or thursday morning. he might be the shortest lived prime minister of the french fifth republic since world war ii and it does not seem like there's

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francine lacqua sitting down with marine le pen. to self) about our honeymoon. what about africa? safari? hot air balloon ride? swim with elephants? wait, can we afford a safari? great question. like everything, it takes a little planning. or, put the money towards a down-payment... ...on a ranch ...in montana ...with horses let's take a look at those scenarios. j.p. morgan wealth management has advisors in chase branches and tools, like wealth plan to keep you on track. when you're planning for it all... the answer is j.p. morgan wealth management. jonathan: the opening bell about 41 minutes away. equity futures negative by 1/10 of 1%. the s&p coming into thursday lower on the nasdaq as well. let's turn to france where emmanuel macron is searching for new prime minister after lawmakers passed a no confidence motion. francine lacqua sat down with marine le pen and asked her if getting the deficit to 3% of gdp in 20 is far-fetched. >> getting to 3% in 2029i don't think is credible but i am not the only one. i don't think it's credibl

is madame le pen the most likely next president of france?> i would say at the moment she has a high chance. i don't know that she -- she will make it, but it's true that, you know, when she stood against macron in 2017, she did a pretty good score. then when she stood five years later in 2022, she did an even better score. then macron said at the start of the term, he said the enemy was le pen and hoping to bring him down. i think it is the exact opposite. at the moment, she is in good shape, but, again, if the election were to be held in 2025, then i think a chance would be fairly, fairly high. that's why the others, except for the candidate against her and he believes that gives him at least a 50% chance. many others don't want either le pen or michel. this is the game played. yes, for her, it is an ideal term. 2025 would be ideal time and then this government falling in more political crisis would really be very, very useful. >> andre, does that finally bring about something that many people thought actually would have done france good to

marine le pen�*s far—right national rally is threatening to pull the plug on the coalition governmentame le pen has given the prime minister until today to answer her demands to amend his government's budget plans. joining me now is charlotte de montpellier, senior economist at ing economic research. charlotte, good morning to you. good morning. this charlotte, good morning to you. good morning.— good morning. this is real pressure _ good morning. this is real pressure on _ good morning. this is real pressure on the _ good morning. this is real pressure on the prime - good morning. this is real - pressure on the prime minister in france. talk us through what's at stake here. basically, the ground is very fragile, as you said, and the left and far—right — they could bring it down this week if they decide to vote together on a motion of no—confidence. the thing is that the government will use a special article of the constitution in order to pass the social economic budget from next year. if the government does that, indeed, there could be a vote on a motion of no—confidence. it means p

it is not impossible that he would have to deal with marine le pen in the next hour, because he onlyd she calls her troops back at the last minute, but it is very tense. and if she decides that he hasn't given enough, then as you said in your introduction, the possibility of her, in effect, toppling the government, becomes very real. reminders of the make-up _ becomes very real. reminders of the make-up of _ becomes very real. reminders of the make-up of the _ becomes very real. reminders of the make-up of the minority - the make—up of the minority government that barnier leads. it is... it is... which is, about more than a third of the parliament. get back to the weather now... hello again. we've had some rain, some showers around through this morning, but one thing that all of us will notice as we go through today is how much colder it's going to turn. we've had a few rainbows spotted by our weather watchers this morning. that one was from york earlier on today. that's because we've had some showers, as i said. it's the cold air that's moving southward at the moment across the uk.

there could be a phone call between him and marine le pen during the day. this last issue, which marine le pen is demanding of him, which is to do with pensions and the indexation of pensions, linking them with inflation and so on, that was a red line that she had given him to budget, and that's why she's now saying she's going to vote against him at this key vote this afternoon, but if there is some movement today that could still shift. i have to say i find it most unlikely, so in all possibility, in 12 hours from now we will once again be without a prime minister here. david chazan is paris correspondent at the times. i asked him what we can expect in the hours ahead. i think we can expect a fairly staunch session in parliament this afternoon, lewis, and by this evening, i think the government will fall. why? because parliament has split into roughly three equal marks, none of which holds an overall majority but in this case there is a motion of no confidence in the government which has been tabled by an alliance of left—wing parties and marine le pen's

but the immediate answer from marine le pen was, "bring it on."r of the hard—right national rally said her party would vote to get rid of the current government. "the french have had enough," she said. "things have gone from bad to worse." france is in a financial pickle, with soaring debt. trouble here could spread throughout europe. but the crisis is, at heart, political, sparked by this summer's elections, which resulted in a spectacularly gridlocked parliament, unable to agree on anything. marine le pen wants to be france's next president, and she holds some strong cards right now. she's gambling that any fresh chaos here will be blamed on this man, not her — president emmanuel macron. arriving in saudi arabia tonight, he's never looked so politically fragile. he may cling on to power, but his promise to strengthen the centre ground of french politics is in trouble. andrew harding, bbc news, paris. let's speak to eleonora pasotti, professor of politics at the university of california, santa cruz. good talk to. our correspondent andrew harding

. -- marine le pen.ill he choose someone more to the left? then he might alienate some of the center right of his own faction. i'm beginning to think it will be a government of technocrats purely there to manage affairs and that can govern until june or july of next year. that is the time when you elections can take place. that's what micron is facing now. what is he going to do? appoint a prime minister closer to the left, or will he go for a technical government that can do very minimal things that while not all parties agree, would be subject to another vote of no-confidence. scarlet: that would create a political leadership vacuum. not just in france, but in germany we can see the olaf scholz coalition imploding. this could create some extra tension between continent, the european continent in the u.s. with ts, thank you rick -- mattias, thank you very much. to keep you up to date on everything, if you want to follow the latest developments out of paris, check out the blog there on our terminal. comi

francine lacqua sat down with marine le pen.'s deficit to 3% of gdp in 2029 is far-fetched? >> getting to 3%, i don't think it is credible that i'm not the only one. i don't think it is credible to the president. once again, these are promises and they know very well they cannot keep them. he made this promise and in reality his budget were sent deficit by 12 billion. if we don't make significant intelligent structural savings with regard to the state and put in place the conditions so companies can work, invest without being suffocated with extra taxes, we will not get there. with the solutions we can succeed as quickly as possible to get back to a reasonable deficit even of 3% was decided on the back of an envelope. francine: how fast could that be? marine: it's a matter of a few weeks. we will discuss it with the new prime minister and we will work together. we will explain what are red lines are. we cannot as the french people to pay the mistakes of their leaders. he massively increased taxes, hit sick people, retired people

he's counting on the french constitution powers to enable him to continue to lead marine le pen powerlessn parliament. tom: that's pretty fascinating. would this be a play to land this at the door? he can lay it at the feet of the socialists, maybe they will pay a price, is that the gambit? douglas: if he is a genius and not an idiot he is playing a long game, marine le pen promised next election they will win and she has clear ambitions so if he's playing the long game it could be in his interest to have the right and left get in bed together because politics makes strange bedfellows and this required cooperation of bitter enemies, a marriage of convenience of left and right, it cannot hold up as they get closer they will disassociate. in the meantime he counts on his ability to carry on, no big ambitions, now that the olympics are over, cathedral has been restored, no real portfolio ambitions, playing on the fifth republic constitution he can do his job. tom: think he sees out his term? >> absolutely. left will ask him to resign, he will ignore. de gaulle resigned and french presidents

as you know, marine le pen has procedure.he had played the card of the reasonable and responsible, whatever it is, to try to have french people vote for her inspite of her ideas. she is now playing the last card she has to be able to be in presidential election. he has been a candidate for several years and hoping to be in front of le pen. this is why they are calling for presidential elections. that would be a disaster for france. >> a member for the parliament. thank you for the time in these busy days. >> thank you. >> reporter: we have to wait and see the next prime minister and who president macron will pick as prime minister. it could happen as soon as today. we will wait and see. things remain difficult because the parliament remains as fragmented and as difficult, of course, to negotiate and bring up reforms particularly with the public finance issues. >> exactly. thanks for that, charlotte. >>> i would like to zoom out and look at what is ppening with the equity session. as we await to hear from president macron, the

but marine le pen's far—right national rally and jean—luc melenchon�*s left—wing lfi were not invited, resigned after he faced a no—confidence vote in parliament over his budget. president macron promissed to name a successor to mr barnier within 48 hours following his meeting with politicians on tuesday. so who is in the frame? charlotte de montpellier is senior economist at ing economic research. good morning to you, charlotte. so do tell us — what do you think? will we hearfrom president macron today? think? will we hear from president macron today? yeah, he said that _ president macron today? yeah, he said that we _ president macron today? yeah, he said that we will. _ president macron today? yeah, he said that we will. i _ president macron today? yeah, he said that we will. i don't - he said that we will. i don't know, to be honest. because it's very, very difficult. the thing is that there is a really split parliament and they don't seem to agree. i mean macron would like that both the left and the right, they go together, in order to nominate a prime minister and at least to ha

how do we expect marine le pen to react? we have reporting from your team on the ground as to what unfolded one marine le pen and the standoff with the former prime minister -- what does that tell us about how she and her party may react? >> great reporting. he thought he had a deal for her to support the budget. he made some concessions on some of the spending items in the budget. and then she wanted more. he was not willing to go that far. the sense i think in the macron camp is, she doesn't want to compromise. she wanted to make a political statement and bring down the government. all the more reason for macron to look elsewhere for support. he was counting on wearing le pen and her party to get the budget through. they refused to do that and so that avenue seems to be closed but it has made political points for her. tom: that remains that key question. thank you very much joining us out of paris and another big day for the politics of france. to china where top leaders in that country have set domestic consumption as the

he does not believe marine le pen will join the left to vote to topple the government. is a no-confidence vote scheduled for tomorrow. emmanuel macron says many will not vote the top of the french government where the extreme left and right have banded together and want to vote out michelle monier. we will keep you posted on any further developments. we do want to stay on this theme of political turmoil but turned to south korea, where budget battles have led to an unexpected climax. the president cleared martial law in an emergency national address that was televised live. >> i hereby declare an emergency martial law in order to defend the free republic from the threat of north korean communist forces and to eradicate the shameless pro-north anti-state forces that are depriving our people of their freedom and happiness. this measure is necessary to safeguard our constitutional order of freedom. scarlet: opposition lawmakers have quickly voted to undo that action. the korean won weekend, slumping to as much as 14.44 against the dollar. it's bring in roslyn matheson. you

but the immediate answer from marine le pen was, "bring it on."of the current government. "the french have had enough," she said. "things have gone from bad to worse." france is in a financial pickle, with soaring debt. trouble here could spread throughout europe. but the crisis is, at heart, political, sparked by this summer's elections, which resulted in a spectacularly gridlocked parliament, unable to agree on anything. "marine le pen wants to be france's next president, and she holds some strong cards right now." she's gambling that any fresh chaos here will be blamed on this man, not her — president emmanuel macron. arriving in saudi arabia tonight, he's never looked so politically fragile. he may cling on to power, but his promise to strengthen the centre ground of french politics is in trouble. andrew harding, bbc news, paris. in london, the holiday season is in the air. trafalgar square's christmas tree comes from norway every year. it's a tradition started in 19117 to recognise the uk's assistance to norway during the second world war. th

several years ago, he didn't necessarily block marine le pen at a time when she needed a signature too could amend differences with the far right. we know we had lunch with emmanuel macron before he made the address last thursday, so he is one of the front runners. there are many people out there in one of the main reasons is because everyone still doesn't know what can be brought with everything that can be brought to power. everything that can be brought to ower. . ~ everything that can be brought to ower. ., ,, i. , everything that can be brought to ower. ., ,, , . to power. thank you very much, pierre. to power. thank you very much, pierre- we _ to power. thank you very much, pierre. we will _ to power. thank you very much, pierre. we will be _ to power. thank you very much, pierre. we will be back- to power. thank you very much, pierre. we will be back with - pierre. we will be back with lyse in damascus in the next 30 minutes. stay with us on bbc news. much more on the website if you want to stay up—to—date. good afternoon. it is a far quieter weather picture for the next few da

but the leader, marine le pen, said bring it on. she said the french have had enough.o worse. france is in a financial pickle with soaring debt. trouble here could spread throughout europe. the crisis, is it hard, political. spike by this summer's elections. it is a gridlocked parliament unable to agree on anything. marine le pen wants to be france's next president. the wholesome strong cards right now. she is gambling that any fresh chaos you will be blamed on this man and not her. president emmanuel macron, arriving in saudi arabia. he has never looked so politically fragile. you may cling onto power, but is promised to strengthen the centre ground of french politics is in trouble. we are caettin politics is in trouble. we are getting some _ politics is in trouble. we are getting some more - politics is in trouble. we are getting some more reaction| politics is in trouble. we are - getting some more reaction from south korea. the president has declared emergency martial law. the leader of the opposition democratic party and said that this declaration is unconstitutio

they know that this one much commission marine le pen of the far right. national rally party probably has more say than anyone in the next budget to kind. she was unimpressed with suntrust because of the crumbs last choice to lead his government . the right leaning michel, barn. ya sums up a pretty take you for we have to look at what people do and not just look at their label by saying he's right waiting for the other thing he does is good. so know everything he does has not being talked you all for the crown says le pens, national rally law makers voted against even their own platform and a bunch of debates on something by doing so, they chose chaos, and that's the only project they share with the radical left along this with the support of the rest of the left on the lines for me not to do, but to undo to rick have a maple they say for credit is all the french media have reported mat crowns. next . prime minister will likely come from a short list of centrist candidates who might appeal to both sides of the political spectrum. he'll reveal his choice in coming days. now this is for

does this mean that the le pen�*s party is basically the power broker in all of this?get more power because of what we're seeing right now unravelling? exactly. marine le pen, the far right firebrand, if you like, who's been moving her party, the national rally, much more towards the centre ground, very much looking to become the next president. and for her party, which is already the largest single party in france to start getting real power in parliament, she is now, it seems, taking a gamble. i think she clearly believes that if the government does fall, um, that she won't be blamed for any chaos that follows, that perhaps president macron will take the blame for that and that she can emerge stronger, having flexed her parliamentary muscles, and she'll hope to gain in future elections to gain more power. and your heart and in paris about the french prime minister. the tv presenter gregg wallace has apologised for claiming complaints about his behaviour came from "a handful of middle—class women of a certain age", and says he is now going to take some time out". toni

nfp, the left coalition, the right with marine le pen and national rally and emmanuel macron's party in the center. what is tricky is there could be a make or break case when it comes to the socialist party, the most interest faction when it comes to the left side of parliament. what is significant is those are the people both michel barnier and emmanuel macron targeted the last 24 hours saying these people could vote with their conscience. could potentially make or break this vote and that is where the speculation lies that if you see enough socialists in parliament abstain from the vote, there is a slim but not impossible to is that michel barnier could make it out of this vote with his job intact. tom: that would be quite the out come. slim but not impossible as you say. talk about the debt challenges of france and whether this is a broader challenge in terms of the prospects, the risks of a broader european debt crisis? >> the comparisons have been made of this idea of french debt , the yield premium now surpassing that relative to german debt of greece, of spain and that brings

if you put too much pressure on households, you will have far-right marine le pen not happy about it at all. after the appointment of the new cabinet yesterday, francois bayrou was on french tv, and he had i would say a pro-business speech, saying that even the biggest companies should not take all the burden of the french deficit. if you talk to companies off the record, they would tell you there is a bit of relief at the moment. obviously, they are waiting to see the details on the budget in early january. tom: we wait for that meeting in the new year. details of the budget as the new team starts to build on that. claudia cohan in paris. to the u.s. where president biden is set to make a final decision on the sale of u.s. steel to nippon steel, after a national security panel deadlocked on its review of the sale. the president has indicated his opposition to the transaction. let's bring in bloomberg's stephen stapczynski with the details. what do we know? >> the review came out, they were split on it. that means it goes to bite and to essentially be the tiebreaker.he has 15 days to

but the immediate answer from marine le pen was, "bring it on." current government. "the french have had enough," she said. "things have gone from bad to worse." france is in a financial pickle with soaring debt. trouble here could spread throughout europe. but the crisis is, at heart, political, sparked by this summer's elections, which resulted in a spectacularly gridlocked parliament unable to agree on anything. marine le pen wants to be france's next president, and she holds some strong cards right now. she's gambling that any fresh chaos here will be blamed on this man, not her — president emmanuel macron. arriving in saudi arabia tonight, he's never looked so politically fragile. he may cling on to power, but his promise to strengthen the centre ground of french politics is in trouble. this could be a very interesting week in french politics. if the government does fall, then in the short term, france will no doubt carry on muddling through probably with a transitional budget and a caretaker government, but longer term, this political deadlo

marine le pen's and the leftist alliance and have called for votes tomorrow.o topple the government. a delaware judge has rejected elon musk's record-setting tesla pay package after shareholders supported reinstating it. the judge decided to stick with her original finding that the company's board with too much under his influence. the stock options package is worth $56 billion. by the time the judge canceled it in more than $100 billion at the close on monday. at&t says it will have sustained profit growth in the next three years and authorized to $20 billion buyback. ahead of a meeting with wall street analysts, the company issued a statement saying 2027 profits would post double-digit gains. it said 2025 earnings will be between $197 and $202 per share. that is your brief. jonathan: more from dani in about 30 minutes. up next, locking the deal. >> we will not let u.s. steel be sold to the japanese. i would stop it if it has not been completed by the time i president. jonathan: the latest on that story of next. good morning. ♪ ♪ so, what are you thinking? i'

marine le pen�*s far—right national rally is threatening to pull the plug on the coalition government rein in the massive french deficit. she's given the prime minister until today to answer her demands to amend his government's budget plans. the french stock market caciio has fallen over i% ahead of the vote later this afternoon and borrowing costs have risen to the highest rate in 12 years amidst the uncertainty. basically the ground is very fragile and the left and the right could bring it down this week if they decide to vote together in a motion of no confidence. the government will use a special toe —— a special article of the constitution to pass the social security budget for next year. if the government does that, there could be a vote of no—confidence. if they decide, the left and the far right to go together, it means that the government will be gone and a new government will need to be appointed by the president, emmanuel macron. there are several options there, but it is very risky because you cannot dissolve the assembly and he cannot call for a new election again before

but the immediate answer from marine le pen was, "bring it on."

france's new prime minister will meet the national rally's marine le pen today. moody's becomes the latest credit agency to downgrade the nation's debt. and chancellor olaf scholz tables of vote he knows he will lose, triggering a snap election. we will be live in berlin. happy monday. it is the final full week before the end of the year. european futures pointing lower after some losses for european and u.s. stocks. upfront, the central-bank action , but before there, the federal reserve. the fed expected to cut 25 basis points. ftse 100 futures pointing higher and nasdaq 100 futures also unchanged. let's look cross asset. one of the worst weeks of the year in terms of the selloff last week particularly for the 10 year, around 24 basis points higher, little bit of money moving back in but after the selling of last week. euro-dollar getting a lift, gaining .2% and bitcoin smashing through fresh records. it had been above 105,000 on the news that microstrategy will be included in the nasdaq 100. some strength came through last week, currently down by .5%. let's ch

what challenges does he have ahead of him and did the meeting with marine le pen and jordan bar dellaneedle in any way? >> that was just the start of the process. he had several meetings yesterday after the pen. those were preliminary, now the hard work of trying to construct a majority that will approve a budget. that's were brought down michel barnier, the last prime minister. i think you are still looking at several days of discussions before he can have the outlines of -- first of all he needs to appoint a government choosing his cabinet ministers with emmanuel macron and then put together a budget. there is a long road ahead and i think those meetings yesterday were just the very first step. tom: the bank of france cut his 2025 growth outlet. pointing in part to the politics and the political instability right now in france. what exactly did we hear from the central bank of france? >> i think the role of central banks in europe is to tell the politicians the things they don't want to hear and francois, the governor of the french central bank, was very explicit, both in his statem

. ♪ caroline: i think we are just going to hear from the national rally leader, marine le pen, who waspeaking to bloomberg earlier today. take a listen. marine: [speaking french] the president's resignation can only take view in a political crisis or an entity shall crisis can no longer have any other solution than the resignation of the president of the republic. for sure, there will be new legislative elections in the next few months. we should work on a voting system by then that enables us to have a real majority, whatever that majority may be. the country needs a majority. it cannot live for years with three blocks which in reality cannot implement the policy. caroline: that was marine le pen commenting on president macron's position after he has been dismissing growing calls for his own resignation, from politicians across the political spectrum. crime came out saying he will serve his second term in full. he is set to talk further at 8:00 p.m. local time, 2:00 p.m. here in new york. let's discuss the impact for this political drama on french businesses, on tech companies. how is

but marine le pen's far—right national rally and jean—luc melenchon�*s leftwing lfi were not invited.new prime minister would be announced by today. let's cross live now to tomasz michalski associate professor of economics at the hec business school in paris. tomasz, good to have you here. first question, who would want thisjob? why would first question, who would want this job? why would you first question, who would want thisjob? why would you become the prime minister knowing we will have elections next year? well, you can be... studio: this is bbc news. the government is outlining its plans to try to solve the housing crisis — giving final details of reforms to the planning system. let's cross live to westminster for the announcement. within our first within ourfirst month in office, we proposed a bold set office, we proposed a bold set of reforms to overhaul a planning system that is faltering on all fronts after a decade of piecemeal and inept tinkering by the party opposite. today i can confirm to the house that we are delivering the change we promised by publishing an updated

as you mentioned, maureen le pen, of course, on the far right uh, you know, with the, the goal to bring down the con, himself has said that he believes that people will listen to the both the listen to the far right. and she said, in fact here that he will be, uh, you will undertake what his predecessor was unwilling to do, to listen to the opposition and build a reasonable and went well considered budget. so should he be able to form a government the far left has said that it will definitely call for a motion of center. it says that we will vote on that government. so it doesn't seem like anyone is, is ready to mend fences with mccorr and quite yet. right. so they, it sounds like majorities as, as to whether he will last any longer than his pre disaster at this stage. that's true and in fact i just read that each prime minister has served a shorter amount of time than his own predecessor. so that would mean that he wouldn't be in power less than 3 months. so we definitely remains to be seen, as you mentioned earlier, reactions are still coming in and with a hand over expected to take p

marine le pen's far right national rally has said earlier that if he does this, if he forces this budgetit is going to support a no—confidence vote in her government. that will be coming through from some of the left—wing governments. she will now support a motion of no confidence. so we have heard that the french prime minister has forced through the social security budget without actually a vote in parliament. that vote was due to happen in about five minute's time. but we have gotten this news from paris that this has been voted through and threatens the french government. the other story we want to bring through is that they are going to vote through the... hello. after some very mild weather over the weekend, things have been turning colder from the north. it's not going to be cold all the time this week, but there is quite a lot of chilly weather in the forecast. cold enough for some snow over higher ground and particularly later in the week, there will also be spells of wind and rain. now, the cold air is pushing its way down from the north behind this frontal system. the front br

he would complete his mandate no matter what you know, by doing this interview and saying this to le penshe is showing and that's why she was invited to the talks. no point negotiating with that side because their interests are rushing the election. >> is it actually feasible, practically speaking does it allow for the election off the back of repeated collapses of government? >> that has never happened, of course you had presidents stepping down with a blockage. after may of '68 and multiple events that precipitated that. certainly in this case, there's nothing in the constitution that forces the president to do so. only if governments fall one after the other after the other that some analysts are saying the only solution would be to clear the table. even if you have a presidential election tomorrow, the parliament will remain the same. we go back to the same that parliament remains the same until summer if you had a new president tomorrow, the situation doesn't change up have the you have the groups who have to talk together. >> i'm sure we will speak more political turmoil. charlotte

marine le pen is looking to link up with a far left party to take over the country. we are in the age of global gangsterism, the age folks like vladimir putin have planned for decades. look at this map. it reflects an alarming worldwide trend on the rise in autocracy. these are the countries that had elections this year by the economist. those colors in blue are authoritarian. those colors in yellow are hybrid regimes, and those colored in red, including the united states, are deemed flawed democracies. you don't see south korea on that map because the economist considers it a full democracy. but check out what's happening in south korea. president yoon of south korea declared martial law late tuesday inciting political chaos within one of our closest allies in asia. the president has accused opposition parties of sympathizing with north korea and controlling parliament. soldiers blocked large crowds from entering the parliament building even as lawmakers inside voted to block yoon's decree. while inside, south korean opposition party staff set up barricades to preve

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then if you look at the far right, marine le pen's party, they said they would not take that chance either vote straight on. it doesn't mean it will not happen, but i think it will give a little time to the new government.— give a little time to the new covernment. , ., , government. one party has said that they will — government. one party has said that they will bring _ government. one party has said that they will bring a _ that they will bring a no—confidence motion. there is a dangerfor it no—confidence motion. there is a danger for it francois bayrou that they try to take him down to get it president macron. there are two extremes in the assembly who would like to see the back of the president. this is the objective _ the back of the president. this is the objective of _ the back of the president. ti 3 is the objective of the far left, to get rid of any government and to create more chaos. but as i said, even if the no—confidence motion is passed in three months or in a few months, i think this no—confidence motion will not pass right away and so, i hope, it will give us some time to

but this would be a blow to macron's party further because it would see his rival, marine le pen, be in control of things on the, you know, the policy level, the government level. what's happening in france right now? why would there be this alliance? >> well, you're right. there's no consensus about what ought to happen with the budget and the economy. take a step back. two of the most significant countries in europe, germany and france, are going through political crises. you have an accelerated election coming up in germany. the government has in many ways lost the confidence of the people. france has now been a slow motion crisis for how many months? and it's quite possible that whatever happens in parliament in the near term, that macron's successor could be someone like marine le pen, someone of the far right. so what we're really seeing in europe, in both germany and france, we have already seen it to some degree in italy, is what we have gotten comfortable with over the last 70, 80 years in europe. this center left democratic order for the most part, even if it was of the rig

here's part of what he said about le pen's party in lou carnesecca une seule chose. >> they only think about one thing about the presidential election to prepare it, to provoke it to bring it on. they do that with cynicism if necessary, and a certain sense of chaos. >> well, macron's speech came a day after prime minister michel barnier was ousted in a no confidence vote. barnier officially resigned on thursday, but he'll play a caretaker role until a new government is appointed. still to come, rebel forces are sweeping through syria, vowing to go all the way to the capital as they infiltrate another major city. plus, an exclusive report from cnn's jomana karadsheh and her crew, who became the first western journalists to arrive in aleppo since it was captured by rebels. and why the u.s. state department rejects new allegations that israel is committing genocide in gaza. those stories, after the break with cal poly and sonic toothbrush you always get a professional level clean featuring a patented whitening brush head that breaks up tough stains like coffee and wine towel cleans not li

front, the centrist grouping of several parties including macron's, and the national rally of marine le penright. back with us on the program is a european political analyst at the european university institute. thank you for coming back on. rushes back from warsaw but fails on the promise that he made earlier in the week, that he would choose a new prime minister within 48 hours. what has gone wrong? >> well, i think it's a delicate task. he said 48 hours, he is giving himself an extra night. to some extent, what has happened is what we might have anticipated. this is a very, very difficult compromise to strike. before he left for poland, president macron called in the leaders of some of the main parties. he excluded the far left, who excluded itself, and excluded the far right, and basically tried to put together essentially a pact of nonaggression. trying to get these parties who are committed to the governing to try and govern together, agree that if the government and the next prime minister does not use the now infamous 49 .3 article to ram through legislation, they will not try to br