{"id":8409,"date":"2025-08-26T17:24:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T09:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/?p=8409"},"modified":"2025-08-26T17:24:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T09:24:26","slug":"french-markets-plunge-amid-bayrou-government-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/2025\/08\/french-markets-plunge-amid-bayrou-government-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"French Markets Plunge Amid Bayrou Government Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time : <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

French markets fell sharply for a second day as political turmoil deepened, with Prime Minister Fran\u00e7ois Bayrou\u2019s government on the brink of collapse over his proposed austerity measures. The CAC 40 dropped 2% in early trading, following Monday\u2019s 1.6% fall, while French banking giants BNP Paribas and Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale lost 6% of their market value as billions of euros evaporated.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Bayrou has called a confidence vote for September 8 to secure approval for \u20ac43.8 billion in budget cuts aimed at reducing France\u2019s deficit from 5.8% of GDP to EU limits. However, three major opposition parties \u2014 the far-right National Rally, the Greens, and the Socialist Party \u2014 have already declared they will vote against him, leaving his centrist party with just 210 seats compared to 330 opposition votes.<\/p>\n

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French government bonds came under pressure, with 10-year yields rising to 3.508%, the highest since March. The spread between French and German 10-year bonds widened to 78 basis points, nearing levels that historically signal systemic risk. Analysts warn that a further rise above Italian yields could mark a critical milestone for the markets.<\/p>\n

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Bayrou\u2019s austerity plan includes cutting two public holidays, freezing welfare expenditures, and imposing a \u201csolidarity contribution\u201d on the wealthiest. With 84% of citizens opposing the budget, political resistance is high. The crisis is affecting broader Europe too: the STOXX 600 fell 1%, Germany\u2019s DAX dropped 0.5%, and Britain\u2019s FTSE 100 lost 0.6%. Finance Minister Eric Lombard warned that IMF intervention could become a risk if the government collapses.<\/p>\n

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#France #Markets #Finance #Bayrou #Austerity #CAC40 #Europe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time : <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>French markets fell sharply as Prime Minister Bayrou\u2019s government faces collapse over controversial austerity measures. Banks lost billions, bonds came under pressure, and European markets also declined, highlighting the economic and political uncertainty in France.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8411,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[374,194,67],"tags":[397,19,57,165,228,4,94],"class_list":["post-8409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-finance","category-wealthytalks","tag-397","tag-benedicte","tag-europe","tag-finance","tag-geopolitics","tag-gout-design","tag-money"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8414,"href":"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8409\/revisions\/8414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goutanddesign.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}