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France: The sickest man of Europe

Summary by Politico Europe
The European Union’s second-biggest economy is being dragged into a vicious cycle of fiscal and social crises.

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France's former Prime Minister, Michel Barnier, and other interlocutors of the Policy, warned that, against the background of massive protests and growing debt, the country had come to the brink of a financial crisis. France became a "newly ill man of Europe" on the eve of the presidential election: after two weekends of massive protests against the decline in living standards and the state of education, the EU's second economy is being drawn in…

France has become a new "sick man of Europe" against the backdrop of its vicious cycle of social and fiscal crises, writing the newspaper Politico.

France is trapped in a vicious cycle of economic crisis, social unrest and political uncertainty, with Politico describing it as Europe’s new “sick man.” The European Union’s second-largest economy is facing soaring public debt, rising borrowing costs and mass protests as the 2027 presidential election approaches. Hundreds of thousands […]

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Politico Europe broke the news in Brussels, Belgium on Sunday, October 25, 2026.
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