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Barnier promises concessions on budget to try to save French government

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Offer of concessions comes amid growing calls for Emmanuel Macron to resign if government falls.

French borrowing costs have soared as investors take fright at political chaos and mounting debts.

Among the mooted concessions is an increase on the tax on electricity, deemed as unacceptable’ by Marine Le Pen’s National Rally.