The European Commission has given France two more years to meet its budget deficit target because of the country’s poor economic outlook
French finance minister Moscovici hailed the decision:
“We have witnessed the ending of a certain form of financial austerity and the end of the austerity dogma.”
- Moscovici reiterated that France would stick to its target to cut its public deficit to below 3 percent of economic output in 2014,
- But welcomed the two-year extension in case growth is not strong enough
- The extension was granted on Friday
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