French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said Monday that she could bring down France's minority government by the end of the year unless changes are made to the country's budget bill. Le Pen made her remarks after a meeting with conservative Prime Minister Michel Barnier over next year's budget and other issues.

The National Rally says it will support moves to oust the government if budget concessions aren't made, as France faces further political turmoil.

France will launch reforms to help women who fear they have been drugged and then raped, including state-funded test kits, Prime Minister Michel Barnier said on Monday, in the midst of a mass rape trial that has shocked the country.

Thousands demonstrated in major French cities Saturday against violence targeting women, as campaigners push for the country to learn from a mass rape trial that has shocked the public.