France Implements 2025 Roadmap to Quell Budget Deficit

David Vives
By David Vives
October 15, 2024NTD Good Morning
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The French government is taking measures to manage its soaring debt, including plans to increase taxes while implementing cuts to public service employment and pensions. The government is attempting to balance its soaring budget and meet the EU’s target of a budget deficit that is less than 3 percent of GDP by 2029.

NTD’s international correspondent David Vives has more from Paris.