French Budget Minister: Euro zone is “progressing towards a deal”
- Near a deal in which private partners accept a bigger haircut on Greek debt
- French banks will recapitalize with private money
- French banks’ exposure to Greek debt is 8 billion
- All problems, not only Greek, but also Italian and Spanish must be addressed
- Spent too much time to ratify July 21 accord
- All euro zone members must cut debt
- We have a very low visibility on France’s economic outlook right now
- Growth revision is “not a taboo”
- Won’t hesitate to cut growth forecast if need be
- Deficit targets are “intangible”
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