France’s Q2 stagnation likely to be more than a one-off

While France’s stagnation in the second quarter was partly down to temporary factors, we doubt that there will be a strong rebound in Q3. Indeed, we think that the underlying pace of growth has now slowed to not far above zero and fear that the situation will worsen ahead of next year’s election.

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