# French debt worries spill into stocks, driving biggest underperformance since 2010

https://mins.news/en/item/100803

- Financial Times, 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.ft.com/content/69bfdf93-cbba-477c-9fb0-5978d1d4f506?syn-25a6b1a6=1

> Investors are demanding steep discounts for French stocks compared with regional peers, citing troubled public finances and the approaching presidential election.

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