Brussels, 31/03/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 31 March, the European Commission said that the higher than forecast French deficit figures published by INSEE that same day had, unfortunately, come as no great surprise.
INSEE says the French deficit will be 4.1% in 2013, compared with the target of 3.9%. A European Commission spokesman, Simon O'Connor, said that the figures were close to those published in the Commission's winter macroeconomic forecasts (a deficit for 4.2% in France), but...