https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/what-s-the-matter-with-franceContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/what-s-the-matter-with-francehttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/what-s-the-matter-with-france#u116632Sun, 11 Oct 2026 15:51:29 +0000France faces a deepening national crisis as surging government bond yields and widening spreads over Germany push the nation's borrowing costs to their highest levels since 2002. Financial markets are treating France as the economic sick man of the Western world due to heightened default risks and a negative feedback loop trapping its economy. Simultaneously, the country is grappling with its biggest student protests in decades, which originated from demonstrations supporting striking teachers north of Paris and escalated into national unrest. The single currency slid to a 17-month low as