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Oct 2021
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Bruno Le Maire: Is France looking for a ...

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Stephen Sackur speaks to French finance minister Bruno Le Maire. France is in recovery mode after the damaging impact of Covid but is struggling to deliver on long promised economic reform. With a presidential election looming, is France looking for a new direction?

(Photo: Bruno Le Maire, Economy and Finance Minister for France. Credit: Oan Valat/EPA)

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