# Economist says France’s main problem is its inability to cut public debt

https://mins.news/en/video/96045

- euronews, 2026-10-12 08:07 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXqwj0jxIpc

> Nicolas Bouzou points to France’s failure to shrink its public debt as its chief problem, and says economic expansion lacks the force needed to sustain the welfare-state model.

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