Abstract : At mid-2008, France is the only large country in the euro area keeping a government deficit still close to 3% of GDP and looks hence as the only ‘sinner’. In Germany and Italy, government deficits have been substantially reduced in recent years (...).
Catherine Mathieu, Mathieu Plane, Henri Sterdyniak. French fiscal policy under pressure. Franco-German Conference, Frankreich - ein Vorbild für Deutschland? Allemagne - un exemple pour la France ?, Observatoire français des conjonctures économiques (OFCE); Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK), Jun 2008, Berlin, Germany. ⟨hal-03459836⟩