Leading contenders for the 2027 election election face off for the first time
PARIS – All French presidential hopefuls agree on one thing: whoever wins the Élysée will inherit a fiscal nightmare. How to escape it is another matter.
Cancel debt, slash public spending or make the French work longer…
Rival prescriptions collided on Thursday as the leading contenders for the 2027 election faced off for the first time before some 6,000 business leaders at the annual gathering of French employers’ federation Medef in Paris.
At Roland-Garros, the tennis venue where “Victory belongs to the most tenacious” is emblazoned above the stands, the fight over France’s finances produced some of the sharpest exchanges – but as yet no clear winner.
