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French growth at risk from belt-tightening budget

Michel Barnier’s new government walks tightrope between tax rises and spending cuts

After 50 years of failing to balance its budget, France wants to narrow its deficit next year with €60bn-worth of tax rises and spending cuts.

But the belt-tightening poses a risk to growth, analysts and businesses say, in an economic climate that may be as fragile as the country’s government.

That, in turn, creates a headache for the Eurozone, where France’s relative health has acted as a bulwark against a sharp slowdown in Germany.

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