A closer look at “France Riots Aftermath: Guardian Europe Columnists Answer Reader Questions on Protests, Ec”, exactly as the source publishes it. After weeks of protests and a weekend of riots that saw a town hall set ablaze, over 2,000 shops looted, 2,300 arrests, and 1,000 police injured, France faces deep societal and economic repercussions. Guardian Europe columnists Rokhaya Diallo and Alexander Hurst will take reader questions on Friday at 3pm BST, addressing the fallout from the unrest and allegations of police brutality.
The violence has unnerved investors, triggering a debt sell-off that pushed French borrowing costs above Greece's, while the national debt stands at 119% of GDP—its highest since 1946—and the budget deficit is 5.1%. With a presidential election just six months away and 550,000 people recently protesting the cost of living squeeze, the government has limited fiscal room to respond. For the complete material, the listing points back to the source inside the network.