https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed France's economy is set to break more records in the coming months, but there will be no cause for celebration. After its jobless total hit a historic high earlier this year, the government said on Tuesday that public debt will reach a record 95.1 percent of GDP. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130925/frances-public-debt-set-to-hit-record-levels Wed, 25 Sep 2013 15:15:40 +0200 frances-public-debt-set-to-hit-record-levels The French Prime Minister announced an “unprecedented” savings drive on Wednesday which will see €15 billion worth of cuts included in the 2014 budget. France has also admitted it wil miss its EU deficit target. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130911/france-to-make-unprecedented-15-billion-savings Wed, 11 Sep 2013 20:54:00 +0200 france-to-make-unprecedented-15-billion-savings