Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault Tuesday urged the French to rally behind efforts to tackle a “crushing” debt burden after an audit warned of a 43-billion-euro budget hole.
Ayrault, outlining the new Socialist government’s agenda in parliament, also admitted the crisis was “unprecedented” and said debt servicing charges had become untenable.
In Europe, the eurozone crisis still burns and a

Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault Tuesday urged the French to rally behind efforts to tackle a “crushing” debt burden after an audit warned of a 43-billion-euro budget hole.
Ayrault, outlining the new Socialist government’s agenda in parliament, also admitted the crisis was “unprecedented” and said debt servicing charges had become untenable.
In Europe, the eurozone crisis still burns and a