Emanuel Macron’s government was on the brink of collapse after his prime minister forced through his budget without consulting parliament.Michel Barnier, 73, said he would bypass MPs with his controversial new social security reforms by invoking presidential decree,

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier used a constitutional tool to push through parts of his unpopular budget bill without a parliamentary vote, raising the prospect lawmakers could dissolve his government within a matter of days.

By Elizabeth Pineau and Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Michel Barnier said on Monday he would try to ram a social security bill through parliament without a vote, leaving him more vulnerable than ever to being toppled in a no-confidence vote by far-right and leftist rivals.