Giorgio Leali
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Macron’s final budget hinges on Le Pen’s backing … for now (opens the original)
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PARIS — The French government on Thursday proposed a 2027 budget with €43 billion in savings that seem designed to appease Marine Le Pen’s far-right party, the National Rally, and reassure markets frightened over France’s increasingly dire fiscal outlook. “In 2027, we will return to the path of consolidation,” Economy and Finance Minister Roland Lescure told reporters Thursday as he presented the budget that lawmakers will debate in the coming weeks. The government is betting that €9 billion in
French debt hits 119% of GDP (opens the original)
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PARIS — France accrued nearly €3.6 trillion in debt amounting to 119% of gross domestic product as of the end of June, national statistics agency Insee said Tuesday. The figures were released as pessimism mounts over the future of the French economy, whose debt levels are starting to get closer to those of Italy and Greece — two of the eurozone’s most indebted countries — while growth stagnates. French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said earlier this month that he plans to propose savings wort
France extends fuel subsidies to shield consumers from skyrocketing energy prices (opens the original)
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PARIS — The French government said Tuesday it would spend €450 million to extend fuel subsidies until the end of the year to help companies and workers affected by the economic consequences of the war in the Middle East. “We hear the concerns of the French people, which sometimes take the form of anger. These concerns and this anger are sincere, and we must address them. That is what we are doing today,” Economy and Finance Minister Roland Lescure told reporters Tuesday. The package includes a €
Macron asks EU to relax energy and climate rules to ease soaring fuel prices (opens the original)
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PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron has asked European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to ease EU rules on the make-up of fuel and on methane emissions in a bid to keep soaring energy prices under control. The call comes as the conflict in the Middle East pushed oil prices to around their highest point since May, while gas prices were more than double their level before the U.S. and Israel bombed Iran in February, prompting the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The French president
French presidential hopeful Attal vows to build ‘United States of Europe’ (opens the original)
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PARIS — French presidential candidate Gabriel Attal laid out an ambitious pro-European platform for his campaign Thursday, vowing to make France part of a powerful, economically muscular “United States of Europe” if he wins next year’s race to succeed President Emmanuel Macron. “The great mission of my generation is to realize the European dream and to give birth to the United States of Europe,” he said, borrowing language from Victor Hugo. “I don’t want my generation to witness Europe becoming
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