France’s Lescure Says Economy to Grow at Least 0.8% This Year

Pedestrian at a Christmas market in the Tuilerie gardens in Paris, Dec. 4.

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The French economy will likely achieve growth of at least 0.8% in 2025, slightly ahead of the government’s 0.7% forecast, Finance Minister Roland Lescure said on Sunday.

“We’ve had a very good third quarter, so we’d really need to have a bad fourth one to come in below 0.8%, which I don’t believe is the case,” Lescure told LCI TV in an interview.