France intends to borrow record €340 billion as Covid-era debt comes due

France24 - Sep 29, 2026

The French government will sell a record amount of bonds to investors next year as it faces a surge in Covid-era debt due for redemption and needing to be refinanced, the public debt management office ‌said on Tuesday amid mounting concern about France's surging public deficit and borrowing rates.

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