法国政界人士坚称本国能够妥善处理债务问题，然而经济学家与市场均对此表示怀疑。虽然目前法国国债收益率与德国国债的利差有所缩小，但仍处于较高水平。这反映出投资者担忧法国政治上的两极分化会阻碍控制巨额财政赤字的努力，而长期以来的政府开支政策也导致了沉重的债务负担。
French politicians insisted the country would get to grips with its debt issues, but economists — and markets — signaled skepticism. Spreads on French bond yields over German ones have narrowed somewhat, but remain at elevated levels, a result of traders’ worries that French political polarization would hamper efforts to rein in a mammoth deficit and a legacy of state spending that has left a huge debt pile.
法国财政部长对《华尔街日报》表示，巴黎方面将“不惜一切代价”推行开支削减措施，甚至不排除绕过议会的可能性。不过，以往的政府都曾因预算问题引发内部分歧而倒台。此外，荷兰国际集团也认为极右翼领导人玛丽娜·勒庞未必能切实实施更为激进的紧缩计划。——普拉尚特·拉奥
France’s finance minister told The Wall Street Journal that Paris would do “whatever it takes” to push through spending cuts, including bypassing parliament, though previous governments have been felled by divisions over the budget, while ING was unconvinced that far-right leader Marine Le Pen could actually deliver her plan for even more aggressive austerity. — Prashant Rao