26 September 2013, 17:08

EU Economic Crisis: Could France be the Next?

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This Wednesday the French government said its public debt would hit a record 95.1 percent of GDP in 2014, far higher than previous estimates .

Does that imply that France is headed for an economic crisis? How efficient are the policies of the current socialist government? And are the EU institutions in a position to provide the necessary support for the second-largest European economy if it fails?

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We are discussing these and other issues with Frederik Erixon, the Director of the European Centre for International Political Economy, and Professor Iain Begg of the European Institute at the London School of Economics.

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