French budget deficit seen at 3.4 percent of GDP next year
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PARIS (Reuters) - France's budget deficit is likely to overshoot the European Union's limit of 3 percent of GDP next year and reach 3.4 percent, National Assembly president Richard Ferrand told Sunday newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche.France is expected to break the deficit ceiling after President Emmanuel Macron made concessions to anti-government protesters earlier this month, blowing a 10 billion euro (8.74 billion pounds)hole in the budget."We take the responsibility of having a..