French Government Worried US Budget Shutdown May Hurt Recovery

    PARIS--The French government Wednesday said it was concerned that a long-lasting impasse on the U.S. budget would affect France's nascent economic recovery, a government spokeswoman said after the weekly cabinet meeting.

    "The lack of political agreement in Congress [...] if it lasted for a long time, could put the brakes on the ongoing economic recovery," Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici told government colleagues during the meeting, as reported by spokeswoman Najat Vallaud-Belkacem to journalists.

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