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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Graeme Wearden

French stock market plummets amid fears of far right election win

Emmanuel Macron, the French president
Emmanuel Macron, the French president. Photograph: Stéphane de Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images

France’s stock market is heading for its biggest weekly fall in more than two years, amid fears that the country’s far-right party could win the upcoming parliamentary elections.

French bonds were also hammered this week, as analysts warned of the risk of a Liz Truss-style market panic following Emmanuel Macron’s shock decision last Sunday to call snap national assembly elections.

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