After the dissolution, will France remain a reliable economic partner?
The results of the European elections have caused a political earthquake whose repercussions will inevitably be felt on the economy. If the strong surge from the far right and the National Rally (RN) was expected, President Macron’s announcement of early legislative elections was not.
The result is deep uncertainty: over the nature of the next French government and, in the meantime, over the ability of the euro zone’s second-largest economy to remain a reliable partner on the European scene – at a time when it would be good to collaborate closely to reach agreements, particularly in the areas of arms and trade.
Numerous paralysis in the country
Monday (June 10), if investors and financial markets were not left stunned, the nervousness about the political future of France was as obvious as it was legitimate. The fragmentation of society and parties is already a source of numerous paralysis in the country. There is no consensus on the right level of immigration and successive crises – “yellow vests”, pandemic, farmers, explosion in energy costs – have only been able to be calmed with a lot of subsidies, pushing public debt to unprecedented heights.
Economic circles still view Emmanuel Macron favorably, he who adopted important reforms and undoubtedly demonstrated more foresight than the German government, which is so deeply narrow-minded. Support for the ideas of the National Rally (RN) remains low among business leaders. But Macron is no longer the liberal, pro-globalization modernizer he was in 2017.
While France leads in public spending at the European level, some voices, including in Macron’s camp, are calling for increasing taxes to fill these ever-yawning deficits; we practice state interventionism and we put forward diffuse concepts like “national sovereignty” rather than free trade. These developments are already worrying enough not to be compounded by the specter of a Prime Minister from the extreme right.
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Frankfurt)
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