France Anticipates Limited Economic Impact From Drought and Heat Waves
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welingelichtekringen.nlThe growth of the French economy will be lower this year due to last summer's extreme heat and drought, in which agriculture was damaged by disappointing harvests. This is what the French Ministry of Finance says on the basis of a preliminary estimate.
Heat and drought waves cost France at least 0.1 percentage point of GDP in 2026, according to the Directorate-General of the Treasury and INSEE. An impact that could be much heavier in the long term.
France is one of the largest grain producers and exporters in Europe, where farmers were hit hard by repeated episodes of extreme heat that burned the fields and droughts that caused the flow of rivers to fall
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PARIS (ANP/BLOOMBERG) - The growth of the French economy will be lower this year due to the extreme heat and drought of last summer, during which agriculture suffered damage due to disappointing harvests. This is according to the French Ministry of Finance, based on a preliminary estimate. According to the min...
The heat and drought waves that hit France this year will decrease the Gross Domestic Product by 0.1 percentage points, mainly due to the decrease in agricultural production, estimated Wednesday the Ministry of Economy and Finance, informs AFP, according to Agerpres. The calculations of specialists from the Ministry of Economy and Finance show that the heat and drought waves, [...]
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