France's Public Debt To Reach Record High in 2014
95.1 percent
AFP - France said Wednesday its public debt would hit a record 95.1 percent of GDP in 2014, far higher than previous estimates, as it unveiled next year's draft budget for the embattled eurozone economy.
But the government said debt should fall back in 2015, and reiterated a pledge to meet its EU-mandated deadline to bring the public deficit below three percent that year.
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I remember a few years back when there was a flippant report that suggested French productivity was the highest in Europe. It brought out all the leftist, socialist, unionized crackpots on the comment threads shouting, "see!"
Of course, it was all bull shit.