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

Cover image: The French Finance Ministry building in the Bercy neigbourhood of Paris, on August 17, 2026. © Thomas Samson, AFP

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.

France indicated Tuesday it plans to borrow a record amount on the bond market next year, even as worries about the government's spending has seen borrowing rates hit levels unseen since the global financial crisis.

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