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France’s debt crisis threatens to spill across Europe

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The war in Iran has slowed growth, France's deficit is expanding and social unrest has recently turned violent.

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The wave of student protests that has erupted in France highlights the growing financial pressures facing Europe's second-largest economy as the government struggles to contain a ballooning budget deficit. France's public finances are in a particularly difficult situation, CNN said in a report, noting that the public debt exceeded $4 trillion in June, exceeding the size of the French economy, according to the country's statistics agency. At the…

The unprecedented wave of protests in France exposed the country ' s growing financial problems, which are highly likely to cause a massive crisis in... 07.10.2026, PRIM

CNN: Student protests in France highlight a debt crisis that could spread to Europe - What's happening

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