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French Budget Rejections Fuel Debt Crisis Fears As Yield Spread Over Germany Hits 15-Year High
French Budget Rejections Fuel Debt Crisis Fears As Yield Spread Over Germany Hits 15-Year High
French government bonds sold off earlier today, pushing 10-year yields above 5% as budget concerns and social unrest sent the country's borrowing premium over Germany to its highest since 2011.
The French 10-year yield climbed to 5.11%, its highest since 2002, while the spread over equivalent German debt widened to 174 basis points, according to Bloomberg data.
Separately, across the Atlantic, the 10-year US Treasury yield declined to 5.07% as EU equities weakened and US stock futures...
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A major exam board has now signed off on gender-neutral language in GCSE French, Spanish and German exams – despite the terms being completely alien to how those languages are actually spoken in their home countries.
The move, buried in new specifications for 2026 exams, hands students the green light to ditch standard masculine and feminine forms in favour of made-up “inclusive” pronouns, nouns and adjectives.
Yes, you read that right. They’re letting students make up their...
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