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As France burns, Macron looks like a man who has lost control

October 18, 2026 The Independent World 1 min read
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The French national debt is too big, its economy too sluggish and its parliament and president jointly unable to get state spending down to sustainable levels – the mirror image of the complaint of the protesters, who want more spending on subsidies and schools. And so it’s in gridlock

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