- 110% debt, 5.5% deficit: Michel Barnier has asked the European Commission for a reprieve to straighten out France’s accountsThe Independent
- Deficit: Paris has requested additional time to send its plan to BrusselsThe Echoes
- Excessive deficit procedure: “We are under extreme scrutiny,” warns Anne-Sophie AlsifYahoo News
- Public deficit: France requests an initial delayLa Tribune.fr
- France has requested additional time to submit its public deficit reduction planWest France