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Expert Warns Macron’s Choices Drove France’s Fiscal Crisis

By Drooid · Oct 24, 2026, 3:14 AM UTC · How we work

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President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly in June 2024, deepening France’s fiscal crisis.
Professor Oliver Davies of University College Cork says the crisis results from Macron’s political choices.
Davies characterises the ensuing parliamentary deadlock as a self-inflicted crisis.
He warns that the market confidence Macron relied on appears to be evaporating.

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President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly in June 2024, deepening France’s fiscal crisis.
Professor Oliver Davies of University College Cork says the crisis results from Macron’s political choices.
Davies characterises the ensuing parliamentary deadlock as a self-inflicted crisis.
He warns that the market confidence Macron relied on appears to be evaporating.