Bayrou's Crisis Budget Plan Lacks a Crisis to Get Public Onboard
Prime Minister François Bayrou said during his budget presentatio n this week that this was France's last chance to rein in government spending and attack its yawning deficit before hurtling over the proverbial cliff.
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