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Macron’s Potential Successors Clash Over French Economic Future

Bloomberg Markets Thursday 27 August 2026, 04:15 UTC By William Horobin and Ania Nussbaum 1 min read
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French presidential candidates will present their policies to business leaders on Thursday, outlining starkly divergent paths for the euro area’s second largest economy as Emmanuel Macron’s decade in power draws to an end.

French presidential candidates will present their policies to business leaders on Thursday, outlining starkly divergent paths for the euro area’s second largest economy as Emmanuel Macron’s decade in power draws to an end.
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