France’s 2026 unrest tests welfare state as debt nears 120% of GDP
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Podcast: France's welfare state is finally imploding
Katherine Mangu-Ward appears on the left. Nick Gillespie appears on the right. An image of a car that's been set on fire by protesters appears in the center. Bold text across the top of the screen reads "FRANCE RIOTS."
A smashed shop window in Paris. Photo: from video Of all the things I've read about the "riots" (both riots and arson, because these are neither riots nor just arson), the most irritating are the poor-people explanations. You see, the rich European was lazy, the Frenchman was just waiting for his vacation to come, eating good food, earning well, while the unfortunate proletariat was washing his... The material "Riots" in Europe, the trap of the …
Looking at what's going on in France, there's a feeling that the world is gradually losing available ways of coordinating economic constraints with... ♪ 21.10.2026, PRIM ♪
The French unrest is testing the welfare state amid weak growth, debt of 119% of GDP, rising energy costs and political deadlock.
The root of this lies in something that almost no one talks about, namely the increasing inability of the French state to meet its social spending. France has ...
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