PARIS: The French government has promised to eke out new savings to show the European Commission it could hit its deficit-cutting targets, a day after the European Union (EU) executive gave it a guarded reprieve on broken fiscal promises.
The Commission on Wednesday granted France two extra years to bring its deficit under an EU ceiling of 3% of output but also urged it to specify new consolidation measures and structural reforms within three months or face sanctions.
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