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WATCH: The cost of France's 10-year government borrowing passed 5% as ongoing protests add to concern about the country's ability to repair its public finances. Chris Beauchamp of IG warned that the trends may be a 'warm up for Germany'
France is a much smaller share of the global economy than it used to be. George Buckley from Nomura told Reuters that France remains an economic and policy player in Europe, and if anything goes awry there, it inevitably affects sentiment across the region