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New Regulatory Standards for Consumer Credit Take Effect Across France to Curb Household Overindebtedness

Financial authorities in France implemented revised legal guidelines governing consumer credit markets, introducing stricter solvency evaluations and transparency requirements to protect vulnerable borrowers from accumulating unsustainable debt obligations.
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French Interior Ministry Reports Over Seven Hundred Arrests Following Weekend Protests Nationwide

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