France faces debt surge unless spending curbed, report says
Published on: Wednesday 15 July 2026
PARIS, July 15 () - France faces a sharp deterioration in its public finances over the rest of the decade unless policymakers act quickly to curb spending, an independent report commissioned by the government said on Wednesday. The report, prepared by economists Xavier Jaravel, Xavier Ragot, Jean-Luc Tavernier and Natacha Valla, projected that France's budget deficit would widen from 5.
News source: https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/france-faces-debt-surge-unless-170258864.html