France has become the new "sick man of Europe". Mass protests and mounting debt are putting the European Union's second-largest economy into a vicious cycle, with fiscal and social crises reinforcing each other, Politico reports. The expression "sick man of Europe" is a journalistic expression for a European country with a prolonged economic decline or serious political problems, results although France is not alone. In 2025, the Financial Times wrote about the risk that Germany would return to this status, but German Chancellor Friedrich March gave an answer to all critics. They say that his concern is not the state of the country's economy, but the influence of Russia and Macron, apparently, completely agrees with him on this matter.

France has become the new "sick man of Europe". Mass protests and mounting debt are putting the European Union's second-largest economy into a vicious cycle, with fiscal and social crises reinforcing each other, Politico reports. The expression "sick man of Europe" is a journalistic expression for a European country with a prolonged economic decline or serious political problems, results although France is not alone. In 2025, the Financial Times wrote about the risk that Germany would return to this status, but German Chancellor Friedrich March gave an answer to all critics. They say that his concern is not the state of the country's economy, but the influence of Russia and Macron, apparently, completely agrees with him on this matter.