The elephant in the room that does not get a mention in the article is that France tops all European countries (bar Ukraine, which is at war) in terms of govern

The elephant in the room that does not get a mention in the article is that France tops all European countries (bar Ukraine, which is at war) in terms of government spending (according to e.g. [1]) with 58%+ of GDP (which also explains why it is also one of the most taxed countries...). So between debt reduction and "green investment" there is a huge blob of massive public spending to act on... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_government_spending_as_percentage_of_GDP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_governmen...