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  "id": 12364895,
  "title": "Le Pen vows drastic cost savings to prevent French 'default'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/le-pen-vows-drastic-cost-savings-to-prevent-french-default-12364895",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T11:21:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Local France",
    "slug": "the-local-france",
    "url": "https://www.thelocal.fr/20261006/le-pen-vows-drastic-cost-savings-to-prevent-french-default"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Marine Le Pen, the far-right presidential candidate, has announced plans to implement €140 billion in cost savings by 2032 if elected. She warned that without change, France is heading towards default on its debt.\n\nLe Pen also aims to bring France's public deficit back below the EU limit of 3% of GDP by 2030. According to Free Malaysia Today, France's deficit was 5.1% of GDP last year and is forecast to hit 5.4% this year.\n\nLe Pen urged the European Central Bank to ease the burden of interest rates. France plans to borrow €340 billion in 2027, around €28 billion more than this year, to finance government spending and repay debt.",
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      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Le Pen vows drastic cost savings to prevent French 'default'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/le-pen-vows-drastic-cost-savings-to-prevent-french-default",
        "published": "2026-10-06T09:52:46.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Le Pen vows drastic cost savings to prevent French ‘default’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/le-pen-vows-drastic-cost-savings-to-prevent-french-default-12355952",
        "published": "2026-10-06T10:06:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "Le Pen vows drastic budget cuts to prevent French 'default' on debt",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/le-pen-vows-drastic-budget-cuts-to-prevent-french-default-on-debt",
        "published": "2026-10-06T10:52:49.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}