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France ponders ripping up EU budget rules
Requirement seen as a straightjacket on govts wanting to spend their way out of sluggishness
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Sun, Sep 11, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Paris
NOBODY yet knows the winner of France's presidential election next year, but the smart money is on one loser: the 3-per cent cap on government deficits enshrined in eurozone rules.
The requirement, a bedrock of euro stability for some, to keep government deficits to below 3 per cent of gross domestic product is seen by many as an insufferable straightjacket on governments wanting to spend their way out of economic sluggishness.
