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Why France Is in Crisis

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Why France Is in Crisis

The Daily

5 HOURS AGO
The Daily

The Daily

5 HOURS AGO
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For weeks, thousands of high school students in France have been out in the streets protesting the conditions of public schools. They want better funding, something that won’t be easy with the current state of French finances. Mark Landler, the Paris bure...

Highlights

France’s protests expose a deeper fiscal crisis, as an overstretched welfare state, rising debt and political resistance to reform put the country—and Europe—under growing strain.
04:33
France has been living beyond its means
09:56
France crossed the bond market’s danger zone
14:23
Le Pen defends the welfare status quo
20:32
France could be too big to fail and too big to save.
24:49
The protests are about the future of France.
27:26
A diplomat blocked a memo on Israeli settlements

Chapters

France’s protests reveal a wider fiscal crisis
00:00
Political paralysis pushes France toward a bond-market crisis
07:28
France may be too important to fail and too costly to save
18:16
Other news: suppressed diplomacy and a carrier’s return home
27:12

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Speaker 4: Facebook knew the platform was causing harm. Mark Landler: I want proof. Based on a true story. I respect our users. By lying to them. Enough. Speaker 2: I'm not two years out of a dorm room anymore. Mark Landler: The Social Reckoning, writte...