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Staying in office is the main challenge for troubled France's new government

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France 's president and prime minister form a new government just in time for the holidays .

The most urgent order of business is passing a 2025 budget.

France 's previous government collapsed this month because Marine Le Pen’s far-right party and left-wing lawmakers opposed 60 billion euros in spending cuts and tax hikes in the original 2025 budget plan.

Le Pen's ascendant National Rally is intent on bringing Macron down.