Why France -- despite its size -- is losing the trust of the market

NPR | By Jeff Guo

Published November 13, 2026 at 2:43 AM MST

Many rich countries have what have historically been considered very high debt loads. Yet France is being singled out and punished by the markets recently. The reason is credibility.

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