France passes emergency bill to avert shutdown

France's government is having a hard time agreeing on a new budget for next year.

To avoid a shutdown like the US sometimes has, they passed a temporary law to keep things running.

This law lets them collect and share taxes based on the current year's budget.

But they still need to agree on a full budget for next year, which is going to be tricky because the different political groups don't agree with each other.

The president wants to reduce the country's deficit to 5% of its economy, but there's a lot of spending on important things like healthcare and education.

The prime minister is asking everyone to work together over the holidays to make a deal.