The US election results were welcomed in many capitals for the limits that could place on Donald Trump, particularly on Iran, but foreign officials cautioned that the American president could prove even more disruptive during the final two years of his term.

The Bank of France will probably have to revise down its 2026 economic-growth forecast after activity unexpectedly shrank in the third quarter, Governor Emmanuel Moulin said.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde resigned in order to start a new chapter in her career, according to the Bank of France chief.

France’s credit score was put on a negative outlook by Fitch Ratings, an unscheduled move that highlights how quickly the country’s public finances are souring.

The euro-area economy grew at twice the pace analysts predicted, despite an unexpected slump in France and headwinds including elevated inflation and the selloff in bond markets.

The European Central Bank is responding in a measured way to inflation as most prices are stable and pressures are largely imported rather than driven by domestic factors, Governing Council member Emmanuel Moulin said.

Investors are talking about the risk of a fresh debt crisis in the euro area, and this time the focus is France, not Greece.

French Finance Minister Roland Lescure said the government is determined to get a deficit cutting budget enacted and will use any tools available, including untested executive orders.

French consumer confidence plummeted to its lowest level in 13 years in October as households reckoned with multiple shocks from a bond market selloff to protests that descended into rioting.

French President Emmanuel Macron pledged to prevent more rioting and looting by maintaining a heightened security presence and tasking his government to respond to some of the protesters’ demands.

France dodged a downgrade at Moody’s Ratings, respite for a country beset by surging bond yields, political gridlock and street protests.

French Finance Minister Roland Lescure said the current market turbulence is making political parties across the spectrum see the need for fiscal prudence, voicing optimism that his country’s parliament will back his budget.

French business uncertainty jumped in September on concerns about fuel prices and a deterioration of the economy, another headwind at a time of bond-market tensions.

With the government unable to put its finances on sound footing, what happens between now and April's election could roil the whole euro zone.

France’s finance ministry said it is not changing its strategy for bond issuance and will continue to use the flexibility it has at auctions.

From street protests to a bond market rout, France’s multiple crises are threatening to drag the European Central Bank into the kind of faceoff with investors that it hasn’t seen since the euro area’s debt crisis more than a decade ago.

European Central Bank Governing Council member Emmanuel Moulin said the situation on France’s bond market is complicated and serious, but doesn’t warrant intervention from Frankfurt.

French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen called on the European Central Bank to lower borrowing costs to give euro-area countries headroom to invest in their sovereignty, defense and technology.

French Finance Minister Roland Lescure said the country is far from needing the European Central Bank to step in even as it wrestles with soaring bond yields.

Far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen proposed a sharp deficit reduction and called on the European Central Bank to intervene to bring down surging debt costs as she seeks to assure investors of her financial credentials ahead of the election next year.