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The administration is widely seen as likely to be ousted, just three months after it was formed. Greece had briefly lost its investment grade credit rating status amid the euro area debt crisis, which led to the nation's sovereign default. "Beyond economic growth and stability, this will send debt in a non-sustainable direction in France." Analysts at Dutch bank ING, who previously forecast French growth slowing from 1.1% in 2024 to 0.6% in 2025, said Tuesday that the fall of Barnier's government "would be bad news for the French economy." Loading chart..."At a time when economic growth in France is slowing markedly, this is bad news.
Persons: Joel Saget, Michel Barnier, Barnier —, Emmanuel Macron, Macron, Barnier, Carsten Nickel, Nickel, Maybank, Javier Díaz, Giménez, Gilles Moëc, Moëc Organizations: Afp, Getty Images, Assembly, Spain's IESE Business School, CNBC, ING, AXA Locations: Paris, Germany, France, Greece
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier (C) ahead of his general policy statement to the French National Assembly in Paris on October 1, 2024. The budget is being widely previewed as an "austerity" budget that will see the government of new Prime Minister Michel Barnier present tax-hiking and cost-cutting measures that could rile opposition parties on both the left and right, and even the centrists that put him in power. In sum, Barnier's government is a fragile one and vulnerable to predatory challenges from the left and right of the political spectrum. But such a large dose of austerity may make even 1.1% growth difficult to achieve," he said in emailed analysis. "Finally, even if the budget is passed and does not dent economic growth too much, France's fiscal position would still be precarious.
Persons: Michel Barnier, Alain Jocard, Barnier, Antoine Armand, France's, , La France Insoumise, Remon Haazen, Emmanuel Macron, Macron, Andrew Kenningham, Kenningham, Marine Le Pen, Carsten Nickel, Nickel, Tom Weller, voigt, Benoit Tessier Organizations: French, French National Assembly, EU, Afp, Getty, National Assembly, Finance, European Commission, Republique, La, Populaire, Capital Economics, Republicans, Stade de France, Olympic Games Locations: Paris, France, La France, Europe, French
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