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‘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 · Oct 17, 2026 23:28 UTC

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"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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