France’s Budget Problems ‘Very Serious,’ Prime Minister Says NYT | Top Stories Liz Alderman 19 September 2024 at 03:03 The French government, which missed a deadline this week to show how it would cut its debt and deficit, is struggling to meet fiscal requirements set by the E.U. © Dmitry Kostyukov for The New York TimesFrance’s Court of Auditors told Parliament Wednesday that the country would have to find 110 billion euros in savings in the next several years.