Could France Default?
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Published Oct 6, 2026, 8:30 AM · 1w ago
TLDR News EU
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In this video, we’re going to try to answer the all important question: could France actually default?
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Sources
France/EU fiscal data
https://tradingeconomics.com/france/government-debt-to-gdp
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-euro-indicators/w/2-22012026-ap
https://tradingeconomics.com/france/government-bond-yield
https://www.worldgovernmentbonds.com/spread/france-10-years-vs-germany-10-years/
https://www.investing.com/rates-bonds/france-cds-5-years-usd-streaming-chart
https://tradingeconomics.com/greece/gdp
https://tradingeconomics.com/greece/government-debt-to-gdp
https://tradingeconomics.com/italy/government-debt-to-gdp
https://data.ecb.europa.eu/data/datasets/GFS/GFS.Q.N.IT.W0.S13.S1._Z.B.B9P._Z._Z._Z.XDC_R_B1GQ_CY._Z.S.V.CY._T?chart_props=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%3D
Melenchon on defaulting
https://www.ft.com/content/1b416427-0e86-40c0-9536-c31d76635313?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/25/far-left-melenchon-on-track-for-presidential-face-off-against-le-pen-poll-suggests
French parliament composition
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-20/blow-to-macron-as-far-left-keeps-key-french-parliament-post
On potential ECB intervention
https://x.com/lugaricano/status/2106041147567047152
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- Published
- Oct 6, 2026, 8:30 AM
- Length
- 8:08 (488 s)
- Format
- Long-form
- Category
- People & Blogs
- Audio language
- EN-GB
- Quality
- HD
- Captions
- No
- Made for kids
- No
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- Yes
- Video ID
- dJT_SIxjp8s
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