Can France’s new prime minister grip the economy?

法国新任总理能否掌控经济?

World Business Report

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2024-12-13

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France’s President Emmanuel Macron is fighting to form a new government and pass next year’s budget. But will it calm the country’s economic turmoil? Meanwhile... a British hedge fund trader is jailed for defrauding Denmark out of over $1 billion. How did he pull off one of the biggest tax scams in history? Eighteen years after the Peugeot plant in England closed its doors, we look at the lessons it holds for today’s carmakers battling economic pressures and the race to go electric. And how country singer Noah Kahn and his family helped his local country store to secure its future You can contact us on WhatsApp or send us a voicenote: +44 330 678 3033. We would love to hear from you!

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  • Hello, and welcome to World Business Report from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Liana Byrne.

  • And on this edition, France's President Emmanuel Macron is fighting to form a new government government and pass next year's budget.

  • But will it calm the country's economic turmoil?

  • We may have theoretically, a shutdown from January 1st if there's no budget at that time.

  • Doesn't sound like it.

  • Meanwhile, a British hedge fund trader is jailed for defrauding Denmark out of over $1 billion.

  • How did he pull off one of the biggest tax scams in history?

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  • You can contact us on WhatsApp or send us a voice note on 004-433-067-83033 because we're going to be covering that story.

  • Or you can just email us anytime on world businessbc.co.uk but first, let's start in France.

  • President Emmanuel Macron's decision to delay announcing his new prime minister until Friday morning might just put a pause on the political turmoil, but it's not going to solve the country's deepening economic challenges overnight.

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  • Macron has cut short his visit to Poland to return home and focus on finalizing next year's budget.

  • His government is under pressure to address rising debt levels and economic stagnation, while also navigating Thursday's decision by the European Central bank to cut its key interest rate to 3%.