PARIS (Reuters) - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen appears to be betting her future on ousting President Emmanuel Macron before his term ends in 2027, lawmakers and analysts say. To do so, she has helped trigger France's second political crisis in six months. It's a decision that may haunt her.

Marine Le Pen, National Rally (RN) leader, has threatened to bring down the French government on Monday if Michel Barnier, France’s prime minister, does not drop effective cuts to pensions.

The drama is developing at Paris as deficits soar and the walls close in on an unpopular president whose miscalculations are starting to add up.