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Thu 03 Mar 2009France to suffer its worst postwar recession this year
FRANCE WILL suffer its worst postwar recession this year with the budget deficit ballooning to almost twice normal EU limits, according to new government projections.
The figures, already widely leaked in the media and broadly confirmed by the economy ministry, were presented to the cabinet by French economy minister Christine Lagarde.
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