Tag: INSEE

Governance International

French Public Debt Tops €3.6 Trillion: British Satire

Dr. Ingrid Gustafsson, Ph.D.

Debt Hits €3.6 Trillion, Paris Orders Champagne PARIS, FRANCE – France has perfected the art of protesting against an empty treasury, with demonstrators demanding additional government spending from a nation already carrying approximately €3.6 trillion in public debt. According to France’s national statistics agency, INSEE, public debt reached €3.5955 trillion in the second quarter of 2026, equivalent to 119% of the country’s annual economic output. In ordinary households, this would…

Culture International News

French Abandon Socialism for Shamanism

Siobhan O’Donnell

France Rejects Socialism for Shamanism At Least the Spirits Admit They Are Entering an Altered State LONDON — France formally abandoned socialism Tuesday after government officials concluded that speaking with spirits offered a more realistic path to prosperity than speaking with economists. The transition was, by all accounts, overdue. France has now had five prime ministers in under two years, a budget deficit threatening to reach 5.4 percent of GDP, and a retirement-age…