This past weekend, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/violent-protests-rip-through-cities-across-france-b617c585?mod=author_content_page_1_pos_4?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">mayhem broke out alongside peaceful demonstrations</a> in France. What started as a protest over school resources spiralled into anger over potential big cuts to social services. For years the country had <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/france-debt-bonds-spending-c7981557?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">a high appetite for borrowed money</a> taken out at low interest rates. But today France is facing a fiscal reckoning as more than $1 trillion of that debt will come due by 2030. WSJ’s <a href="https://www.wsj.com/news/author/stacy-meichtry?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">Stacy Meichtry</a> explains how France’s debt bomb contributed to the unrest. <a href="https://www.wsj.com/news/author/ryan-knutson?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">Ryan Knutson</a> hosts. 
Further Listening:
- <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/6sUwBroU1AH4zzfucgFLLv?si=5d8f3c2569e14158">Germany’s Economy Is Broken. There’s No Plan B. </a>
- <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/1NNQNGWow8xfukGbg77EyZ?si=a11aabefe8d745f8">Will France Elect a Far-Right President?</a>
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