Treasury leak shows Paris in the red again

France's public sector deficit will again breach the eurozone limit of three percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2005, despite recent government assurances of a 2.9 percent deficit, according to Le Monde.

The paper bases itself on a "confidential study" from the French treasury, reporting that the trend at present points to a deficit of 3.5-3.6 percent in 2005 and 3.5 percent in 2006.

The French government had previously foreseen that the public sector deficit would not exc...