Since the beginning of the month, two important figures relating to the French economy have been published: the latest estimate of the public deficit for the year 2025 and the balance of foreign trade in goods for the first half of the year. Neither of them was a pleasant surprise. With a rate of 5.4% in relation to GDP, an increase compared to 2024, the government is forced to adopt a finance law for 2026 including an effort to reduce the significant deficit, in excess of 40 billion euros, but it does not yet have a majority in the ...