PARIS (Reuters) - France's newly reshuffled government will pursue its deficit-cutting objectives but it will seek a review of the deadlines with the European Union, new Finance Minister Michel Sapin said on Thursday.
His comments, three days after President Francois Hollande hinted that France would seek clemency on its public finances, was the clearest signal yet that France may not bring its deficit under three percent of output in 2015 as promised.
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