French budget crisis: what are the counter-proposals?

Protests gripped France nationwide as the newly-appointed prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, assumed office. Protesters demonstrated their anger at potentially massive spending cuts, as opposition lawmakers defended their counter-proposals to tackle France’s debt and deficit. So what’s in their plans? Plus, Danish pharma giant Novo Nordisk has announced a plan to cut 9,000 jobs as the maker of Wegovy and Ozempic struggles to turn its fortunes around.