After decades of spending beyond its means, France must in coming weeks show how it will avoid a budget crunch that is putting its credit ratings at risk and could even lead to the downfall of President Emmanuel Macron's government. The timing could not be worse: cherished public services are being eyed for cuts just as Macron and his allies campaign for June's European Parliament elections and as Paris gears up to host the Olympics - a possible target for angry street protests. "This irresponsible financial management of the nation's accounts must stop now," conservative leader Eric Ciotti wrote to the government at the end of March in a letter seen by Reuters.
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