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The other Visegrad Four (V4) countries appear more reluctant to cut their budget deficits, despite increased scrutiny from the European Commission.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB289576
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The Conservative Party has dropped to 121 seats, a loss of 250 -- its heaviest defeat ever. Attention will immediately shift to Labour’s policies to address the multitude of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB288113
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France is at risk of EU penalties for fiscal laxity and must cut spending next year. However, the leftist bloc that won most parliamentary seats is opposed to austerity; even its…
The announcement comes on the back of relatively tight fiscal policies and economic growth that outperforms EU peers. Yet the bullish macroeconomic picture has not translated into…
FRANCE: Ratings downgrade is a blow to Macron
The vote comes a year after the centre-right New Democracy (ND) party of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was comfortably re-elected in the country’s parliamentary polls…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287516
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The government is highly dependent on steady GDP growth to meet its pledges on deficit-reduction and tax cuts. It was forced to implement EUR10bn (USD10.7bn) in emergency cuts in…
The new 'economic governance framework' preserves the debt and deficit limits but changes the method of assessment and toughens procedures for bringing states back into…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287813
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FRANCE: Credit rating challenges will persist
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES286730
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The party has been cautious regarding its economic plans, reflecting the difficult fiscal situation it will encounter should it win in July. Low growth and rising debt mean that…