# ‘France, truly, is on the brink’ and just days away from a make-or-break moment in its debt crisis, analyst warns, as protests turn into riots

- Source: Fortune
- Published: 2026-10-17T23:28:07+00:00
- Category: Business
- Original: https://fortune.com/2026/10/17/france-debt-crisis-budget-deficit-bond-yields-spread-protests-riots/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/france-truly-is-on-the-brink-and-just-days-away-from-a-make-or-break-m-3efe87/

"France could be forced to seek assistance from the International Monetary Fund and to pray for it from the European Central Bank — a humiliation for the world’s seventh-biggest economy."

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