'France's debt and economy are clearly taking on Italian characteristics'

What threatens France is not so much the risk of bankruptcy as the prospect of a slow decline similar to Italy's trajectory since the 1980s, writes Le Monde journalist Eric Albert in his column.
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Published1 h ago (Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:52:27 GMT)
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