• Near a deal in which private partners accept a bigger haircut on Greek debt
  • French banks will recapitalize with private money
  • French banks’ exposure to Greek debt is 8 billion
  • All problems, not only Greek, but also Italian and Spanish must be addressed
  • Spent too much time to ratify July 21 accord
  • All euro zone members must cut debt
  • We have a very low visibility on France’s economic outlook right now
  • Growth revision is “not a taboo”
  • Won’t hesitate to cut growth forecast if need be
  • Deficit targets are “intangible”