The latest political developments in Paris underline that France is heading for some kind of fiscal crisis which in turn means the risk premium on its debt is likely to rise in the coming year or two. The fallout for the private sector should not be huge, and contagion risks should be modest, provided a future government eventually tightens fiscal policy. But the longer the impasse lasts, the greater the risks.
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