France’s shock election has rattled nerves and raised debt crisis talk

Poster of Christophe Versini for the Rassemblement National (National Rally) party, with Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella on it, on June 24, 2024.  Magali Cohen | Afp | Getty Images The sell-off in French stocks and government bonds after President Emmanuel Macron called a shock parliamentary election may have eased — but investors remain … Read more

French stocks tumble, risk premium rises under spectre of far-right

Jordan Bardella, President of the National Rally (Rassemblement National), a French nationalist and right-wing populist party, speaks to over 5,000 supporters on June 9th, at Le Dôme de Paris. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images French stocks plunged Friday, with the country’s blue-chip index heading for its worst week in more than two years, as … Read more

CAC 40 down 1.8% after Macron calls snap election

An employee enters sliding doors decorated with the stars of the European Union (EU) flag at the Berlaymont building, headquarters of the European Commission (EC), in Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. It took 32 months, two prime ministers, and nearly 30 votes in Parliament to extricate Britain from the European Union and the … Read more