Stepping into budget crisis, French ministers pledge spending cuts
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) - France's new finance and budget ministers said on Wednesday they would focus a budget squeeze on spending cuts first and then tax increases, as the new government faces calls to come up with realistic plans to rein in a spiralling fiscal shortfall.
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PARIS (Reuters) - France's financial situation is concerning with the budget deficit at one of its highest levels in history, newly appointed finance minister Antoine Armand said on Tuesday. "The situation is serious ... We are going to work hard to match the seriousness of this situation," Armand told France Inter radio.
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