On Monday 7 November, European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Pierre Moscovici called on France to maintain its commitment to put its excessive government deficit behind it by the end of 2017, with presidential elections likely to lead to unkeepable promises and budgetary side-slipping looming in the country.
With the presidential elections, the budgetary consolidation efforts must not be slowed down for any reason whatsover, as France will not be granted any further time,...