Villeroy is also the Bank of France governor

  • Central bank sees French growth at 1.8% in 2018
  • Unemployment rate should keep falling this year
  • Unemployment to be at around 8% in 2020
  • France must persevere on reforms path

The French economy grew by 1.9% in 2017, so a moderate estimate of 1.8% is actually pretty decent considering the softness seen in other major Eurozone economies to start the year.

Nothing else too substantial so far coming from Villeroy. He's due on the mic later again at 0730 GMT.