Submitted by Tyler Durden: In a move farcically reminiscent of Inspector
Clouseau, the French Finance Minister made an impromptu appearance on
the BBC to confirm what we all should have known all along: that "France is a truly solvent country, France is a truly credible country." As the Washington Post notes, the oh-so-honest faux-pas that enfant terrible Monsieur Michel Sapin made yesterday - explaining how his nation is "totally bankrupt" - had French politicos scrambling today to recover their je ne sais pas.
It would appear the crisis management approach taken is the repetitive
Jedi mind-trick and of course we should believe Moscovici - even as
France faces near-record unemployment, ratings downgrades, fiscal
atrophication thanks to a plunge in competitiveness, and backlash among
the elites at its increasingly socialist policies. "This is not the France you are looking for," and sure enough, now we believe them
As Sapin awaits this...
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