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by Michael There have been stunning new developments in the Middle East. France and the Palestinian Authority have agreed to establish a joint committee to draft a constitution for a Palestinian state. Needless to say, this will give French President …
That gap in growth tells a bigger story. Mississippi and West Virginia passing France and Germany in GDP per person shows the old balance is breaking apart. America’s roughest states are still grinding, building, producing, while Europe keeps talking in …
In France, pensioners earn more money than people who work. byu/PlastDuck inEconomyCharts While boomers in the U.S. and UK are being forced to go back to work because they can’t afford to retire in the current climate, pensioners in France …
France is facing a full-blown credit crisis. S&P Global Ratings just downgraded the country’s credit rating from AA- to A+, marking the third downgrade in barely a month. The move reflects both political chaos and growing debt problems in Europe’s …
via notayesmanseconomics It is a theme of these times that we see Western governments struggling. We started the week with the effective appointment of a new Japanese Prime Minister and we also had the fall of a French Prime Minister …
It’s begun! pic.twitter.com/VqO2s06qjZ — The Great Martis (@great_martis) October 6, 2025 France will implode first. Croissant? pic.twitter.com/WAAeUN6RXu — The Great Martis (@great_martis) October 6, 2025 BREAKING: The French government just collapsed 🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/Ts4yVHGzbN — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 6, 2025 …
France is staring at a fiscal standoff that feels less like governance and more like extortion. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has been told he cannot pass a budget or even remain in office without Socialist backing. Their price is blunt: …
A small plane touched down in Britain this week carrying a family of three. A child and two parents arrived under a visa that gives them almost nothing. No work, no public support, no safety net. And yet this is …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, Economist Gabriel Zucman proposes a 2% tax on French residents with over 100 million euros in assets. Better France Than Here The Wall Street Journal reports Wealth Tax Stages Comeback in France France’s slide into …
France is on the edge and everyone is pretending it is not. Debt is rising faster than the government can admit, deficits are stuck above 5 percent of GDP through 2027, and the debt-to-GDP ratio is on track to hit …
Paris is bracing for a storm that feels less like protest and more like revolt. When teachers walk out, trains stall, pharmacies lock their doors, and teenagers drag desks across the gates of their schools, the government hears sirens. This …
via notayesmanseconomics This week has opened with some sobering news for La Belle France as late on Friday we were told this. Fitch Ratings – Frankfurt am Main – 12 Sep 2025: FitchRatings has downgraded France’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default …
France is not Greece. Saying it is makes people underestimate the problem. Public debt is €3.35 trillion in 2025. That is 114 percent of GDP and could hit 118.4 percent next year. The government ran a €169.6 billion deficit in …
France sent 80,000 police into the streets. Not to keep order. They went to confront people who no longer trust the government. The prime minister has been replaced five times in less than two years. Fires burn on the roads. …
Paris is burning with anger and debt. Macron’s government is collapsing under its own numbers, and the streets are alive with people who have stopped listening to excuses. The country owes €3.3 trillion. Interest alone takes 7 percent of the …
French Prime Minister François Bayrou has called for a confidence vote in the French parliament today at 3 PM CEST He is not expected to win the vote and will likely resign tonight. This is the first time this has …
by Martin Armstrong France’s Ministry of Health has urged all hospitals to prepare for war by March 2026. President Emmanuel Macron repeatedly stated that he is ready to deploy French troops to Ukraine’s front lines, and now, the entire nation …
France is cracking under its own weight. Debt has surged past €3.35 trillion, more than 114 percent of GDP. The government’s answer is €5 billion in emergency cuts scraped from unspent funds and health insurance. “France faces €5bn in fresh …
The firewall didn’t just weaken. It detonated. The center in Europe has lost its grip and the populist right-wing is surging. “For the first time, populist or far-right parties are leading the polls in the U.K., France and Germany.” Political …
France’s government is going to collapse again in a couple weeks. While everyone was distracted by trade wars, the underlying schism in politics remained unresolved. France is between a rock and a hard place, trying to fix its budget. Here’s …
maybe the EU wants them to implode, so they can bail them out and enforce certain conditions? pic.twitter.com/e2gXVWbuuT — myuzumaki (@myuzumaki_com) August 27, 2025
via notayesmanseconomics This morning has revived a topic that had gone quiet for a while and so let me hand you over to Le Monde. François Bayrou has chosen not to endure political instability but to precipitate it in order …
There seems to be a lot of competition for liquidity out there from the purveyors of “risk-free” assets… — Nothing To See Here (@TylerHardt) August 26, 2025 With the BOJ stepping back, foreign capital may repatriate, U.S. and European rates …
It is a blackout. Thirteen nations have turned off the flow of mail to the United States. Germany. The UK. Australia. India. Sweden. Denmark. Italy. France. Austria. Switzerland. Korea. Japan. Thailand. No press release. No explanation. Just silence and severed …
In France, hiring is priced like a luxury good. To put €39,000 in a worker’s pocket, an employer may need to spend close to €95,000. That’s not a typo—it’s the weight of payroll charges that double the real cost of …
Wildfires are ripping through France, Greece, Turkey, Canada, and California with no signs of slowing. Yet the climate change excuse is wearing thin. These fires are not just nature’s fury. They are failures of policy, planning, and prevention. The real …
The EU just signed off on a $1.35 trillion trade framework that locks in a 15% tariff on most of its exports to the U.S. In return, Brussels pledged to buy $750 billion of American LNG over 3 years and …
France’s government is running out of options. On July 15, Prime Minister François Bayrou proposed eliminating two national public holidays to help close a €43.8 billion budget gap in the 2026 fiscal plan. The move is part of a broader …
Europe’s energy backbone is cracking. The Netherlands has confirmed it will begin electricity rationing this summer to relieve pressure on its overstretched grid. Industrial zones in Rotterdam and Eindhoven will face rolling curtailments during peak hours. Residential areas are being …
Iran warns US, UK, and France of impending 'very large-scale attacks' on Israel — Mehr Threatens that countries aiding Israel will have their bases, ships in the Persian Gulf and Red Sea targeted Tehran signals readiness for regional escalation if …