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France’s debt crisis threatens to spill across Europe

France is shouldering a mountain of debt, and it’s causing some major problems inside the country and across the European Union.

The war in Iran has slowed growth, France’s deficit is expanding and social unrest has recently turned violent.

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with Roben Farzad, host of Full Disclosure.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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