The French government is on the brink of collapse and investors are gearing up for a volatile week of trading, with some eyeing opportunities amid the chaos. The Oat - Bund spread, as the two respective sovereign bonds are known, shows the negative sentiment investors have toward French government bonds relative to German government bonds. It comes after Barnier said he would force through cuts in social security, to lower the government's 6% budget deficit, without a vote. If the recently appointed government is toppled, Barnier would be the shortest-serving prime minister in France's modern history. "They're agents of chaos for little political end," Everett added.

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Persons: Michel Barnier, Barnier, France don't bode, Vassili Serebriakov, Alex Everett, abrdn, Emmanuel Macron, Macron's, Macron, Everett, Leon Ferdinand Bost, Abrdn's Everett Organizations: European Central Bank, UBS, CNBC, Government Bond Fund, Metzler Research, Metzler Bank, Rassemblement, France Locations: Paris, France, ECB, Everett, Netherlands, Spain