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Is France next in the markets’ sights?

As worries about the public finances spread throughout the euro-zone, France is the latest to edge on to the radar screens. Given a relatively low stock of debt and healthy economic outlook, its situation looks far better than that of Greece, Spain or Portugal. But, like those elsewhere, the Government will need to announce more concrete measures to achieve its debt–reduction targets very soon.

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