# France on the brink: debt, revolt and Marine Le Pen’s moment

An episode of [Late Night Live - Separate stories podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/319622422), 26 Oct 2026, 18 min.

Audio: https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/pq/Z/hq.mp3

France’s political crisis is deepening, with a mounting debt burden, a paralysed parliament and growing public anger over the future of the country’s social model. As governments struggle to agree on a budget, Marine Le Pen’s far right is waiting in the wings. • Guest: James Waterhouse, BBC Paris Correspondent • Producer: Ali Benton

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