A bit of a background piece on public spending in France (this via Bloomberg)
Macron's government is considering trimming its infrastructure-investment program
- Effort to reduce French public spending
- Plans for the Lyon-Turin rail tunnel & the Seine Nord Europe canal could be delayed or scaled back
France's National Auditor is due to publish a report Thursday that may show the government missing its target for this year's budget deficit
Bloomberg citing "an official document seen" by Bloomberg. Link here for more.
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Along similar lines, this from yesterday: French press (Figaro): Govmt deficit expected to exceed target by 9bn euros in 2017