deVere CEO Nigel Green warns that France's escalating debt and political crisis could spill into Italian and Belgian bonds and global portfolios. The comments come as France faces its worst civil unrest in years, with around 550,000 people protesting over the weekend and almost 2,400 arrests, just before a key National Assembly vote on the 2027 budget. Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's minority government is seeking EUR 54 billion in savings to cut the deficit to 5% of GDP from 5.4% this year, while public debt is around 119% of GDP. The yield on 10-year French debt neared 5%, its highest since 2002, and when French bonds sold off in early October, Italian, Belgian and Greek bonds fell too and the euro dropped below $1.12. The article says the ECB has so far not stepped in simply because spreads are wide, and warns that upcoming elections across Europe could test investor confidence in government debt.
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