由于学生抗议活动不断升级，本就不稳定的法国债券市场面临更大压力，该国可能即将陷入财政危机。
France could be on the precipice of a financial crisis, as escalating student protests roiled an already shaky bond market.
选举前的债务抛售、即将卸任的政府以及大规模示威活动，都让人们愈发担忧巴黎的预算危机已难以控制。
A pre-election debt selloff, lame-duck government, and massive demonstrations have raised fears that Paris’ budgetary crisis is untameable.
总统选举的热门人选玛丽娜·勒庞周二承诺将大幅削减预算以降低赤字，但同时也表示要提高退休金待遇。
Presidential frontrunner Marine Le Pen vowed deep budget cuts Tuesday to lower the deficit, but has also pledged to increase retirement benefits.
一位中间派议员对《华尔街日报》表示：“在法国，人们总是习惯向政府索要资金——用来支付各种开支。”
“In France we have this reflex of always asking the state for a bit of magic money — to pay, pay, pay,” a centrist lawmaker told The Wall Street Journal.
有经济学家指出，如果法国出现债务违约，很可能获得救助，但一位前欧洲国家财政部长则强调：“法国的债务规模尚未大到让市场无法施加惩罚的程度。”——布伦丹·鲁贝里
France would likely get a bailout in the event of default, one economist noted, “but it is not too big for the markets to punish,” a former European finance minister argued. — Brendan Ruberry