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French deficit warning taints Bruno Le Maire’s ministerial legacy
“That lowering taxes would contribute to worsening public finances, is an accounting vision [of the court of auditors] that doesn’t correspond to economic reality,” Le Maire told reporters over the phone on Monday. Le Maire also warned against the risk of …