EconomyECB's Lagarde rejects French far-left leader's debt-cancellation plan as 'financially dangerous'

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde rejected Jean-Luc Mélenchon's proposal to cancel part of France's national debt, describing it as financially dangerous and saying EU law makes it legally impossible.

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ECB's Lagarde rejects French far-left leader's debt-cancellation plan as 'financially dangerous'

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