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French Government Unveils €54 Billion Austerity Budget to Avert Sovereign Debt Crisis

The French government has announced an unprecedented emergency budget requiring €54 billion in state savings to reduce the national deficit to 5% by 2027, a move that will freeze public spending and face intense backlash from national labor unions.
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